#asknostr looking to try out and learn more about #xmpp anyone have clients they would recommend for a beginner?

Does anyone else use the #foldapp and have a good use case they can explain? I understand a large part of the app is about disconnecting from the traditional financial system but I find that the app seems to just be pushing its users towards more of its own custodial services, and has become hostile to those who want to opt out. Maybe these services do offer value to a certain person's use case? Id love to learn more even if it isn't useful for me I'd love to better understand what kind of person this app can help!

I need to make a full post outlining my grievances with the #foldapp when I get the chance. But I also feel like it would be weird dissing something I'm still dependant on for the time being. hopefully I'll have figured something else out soon.

@npub16d8g...4rzv I keep seeing accounts talk about nostr based web-stores but I don't know how to access them. Can I do it with a normal web browser? I'd also really love to learn how a store hosted using blossom can handle secure payments and the like, is there like a good resource out there to get info on this topic? I've tried llm's but they don't seem to have much about this in their training data I assume because I can never get any real answers or links from them.

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