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Like anything, it depends on what you're trying to accomplish, but in general yes.
You will still have a carrier phone number, but you don't need to give identifying info when signing up, and you don't need to use it. This prevents people from tracking you or Sim swapping. If you grt multiple numbers it also allows you to call anonymously or not worry so much about how much you give a number out because you can just turn it off. You're more protected from data breaches. Jmp specifically isn't KYC last I checked, but the phone number you actually use is going to be pretty public. You may also save money despite paying for Jmp, because of new customer deals from the carrier: you do not care if you have the same Sim number.
However, no VoIP number uses RCS. SMS is very insecure and lacks features. Jmp uses XMPP, but that only works when both parties are using it, meaning probably never. You could convince some people maybe but texting, even XMPP, is for people that won't move to Signal or another actually secure messaging app.
If you have most people on more secure/private/featured platforms, VoIP and SMS is a good choice. If you are going to use text extensively and can't get people on other platforms, you may consider sticking with Google Messages & RCS.
Right now I use VoIP but I'm having a medium amount of issues moving people over to Signal and missing some of the features, so I'm mixed on it. If RCS ever becomes more universal (and if Graphene gets better support for it) that would decide it for me.