Why use both Text Message Forwarding and Messages in iCloud?

It can sometimes be tricky to tease out the difference between two similar iOS or macOS features that aren’t quite identical. The option on an iPhone to enable Text Message Forwarding to other devices and the Messages in iCloud feature are a case in point. If you’re forwarding text messages, then why do you need to use iCloud at all? It has to do with notifications and availability.The Messages app in iOS and macOS keeps some sense of “presence,” or which device you&rsqu