Linux took off for servers. People were telling me this is year of linux desktop for like 4-5 years now. It still totally sucks.
And I know it sucks because I use Linux everyday even though I have an M3 macbook pro in my closet. I'm an idiot.
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Lol, that's an expensive closet stuffer.
Linux took off for servers, and that market kept it chugging along so that years later it was in a position to take off for Android. But yeah, it might never take off for desktop. Just like Nostr might never take off for the big world/town-square microblogging use case.
I think the use case that Nostr does eventually take off for could surprise. It'll be one that minimises the things the protocol doesn't have and might never have (global view, assured note deletion, compromised account recovery, forced-ad-view revenue, top-creator adoption, simple learning curve, etc.) just like the server use case minimised Linux's crappy graphics and other perceived shortcomings at the time. And, like servers, it'll bring in hard cash/coin.
Not sure really what that use case will be, but I feel Nostr has enough energy now to make it to the point where that use case emerges. Again like Linux's initial consumer hopes gave it enough energy to make it to Server Town, USA. Any guesses?