[ilovecurl]

False. Most modern day users of IRC are aware of software like IRCCloud which allow seamless participation in IRC channels on mobile.

[Gigachad]

That's just wrapping IRC in an actually usable protocol. At that point you aren't using IRC. Might as well use something like Matrix and be able to take advantage of a better protocol.

[Saris]

At that point you might as well use something more modern than IRC, if you're going to wrap it in another protocol anyways.