In the PNW, companies like WESTECH are the suppliers for real loggers. I've read here about gripes about wire rope kinking or jaggers. A choker of wire rope is a fixed unit. You don't shorten them. The nubbin on the ends don't come off and when set through a choker bell, if set right, do not fail. Sometimes a chain choker will come undone if you set it and you go a long distance to your tractor to pull it. Choker bell has its' purpose. Most farmer stuff is reliant on chains and hooks.
You will learn that no matter what you use, choker or chain, buy setting the pull on certain angles to the log, you can put a roll on it which can put a roll on it if you want.
I logged all kinds of stuff for decades. Around the farm I just dink around with chains for short pulls. Sometimes a combo of wire rope and chain for long distance or block and tackle pull, or directional block pull. You can't run chain through blocks.