I know with Slack there is an IRC bridge option (though I've never used it as I only recently started using slack for work). I think there's possibly bridges fo

I know with Slack there is an IRC bridge option (though I've never used it as I only recently started using slack for work). I think there's possibly bridges for discord too. Point being that if you want to consolidate you probably can. Back in the day I used to Adium, which consolidated all of my relevant messaging services into a single app. I didn't use AIM or MSN or iChat's apps ever; I simply added credentials to Adium whenever I needed. Perhaps third party services could fill the gap here as well. They don't all have to use the same protocols so long as they all have similar levels of access and someone is willing to support the integration.