Seems you've only explored failures for the IRC option. What happens when Slack closes? Or they change their payment plan? Or they decide that they don't like

Seems you've only explored failures for the IRC option. What happens when Slack closes? Or they change their payment plan? Or they decide that they don't like your project? Or they're acquired by Microsoft and stop supporting your OS? What if a rogue Slack employee spies on your chat and steals your secrets?