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You’re not wrong at all small scale. But we’re still at the beginning. Heard someone recently suggest that Nostr wins in the long run because it’s the cockroach that refuses to die. And even projects like signal and simplex run into funding issues to run the relays. I really do think micro payments has been a missing technical component, we’ve never practically been able to stream tiny amounts of money privately.
For sure for this all to work Nostr needs to 100x in user count, if not more.
What do you mean? I paid for several relays and I am happy about the service. I know other people paid for it too and they also paid for media hosting. Lots of people are willing to pay.
x seems big because it's full of freeloaders, scammers and bots,
nostr is not for freeloaders, it's organic and will win because it's not full of freeloaders. If you want to play, you must pay!
Correct on subscription pay.
Disagree on ads.
This narrative is pushed by a fringe cult within Nostr. Ads fuel every platform that exists today and has existed for 50yrs.
Ads will be a part of Nostr. But in a way that's:
-Tolerable, not obnoxious
-Private, not spyware
-Respectful of users time/attention
-Funds creators, relays, clients
I'm working on bringing all this together in a way that works. Nostr diehards can hate me all they want, but the current model won't sustain the ecosystem. Responsible ads will.
XD
perhaps it is all in the packaging and marketing. maybe that needs to be invested into. just a suggestion. I am paying tech subscription for 8 yr no problem for me.
