Compliance and excusing the actions of a corrupt greedy corporation is not fighting the good fight. Sure, there are lots of people left to onboard, and crApple should have clients. They will always be neutered. But these same arguments will not only justify people continuing to use a shitty ecosystem when they have choices, it'll be why they pretend they are somehow doing something meaningful when the inevitably purchase their next iphone. And they will, because apple is a cult, and you guys are in love with your abuser.
I don't expect people to throw away their phones or just swap overnight. That's dumb and unrealistic, but yoh whole post basically said that because Apple doesn't care if all of Nostr left, you should do nothing. You're pretending you're some sort of freedom fighter by staying with a shit company and having to find loopholes just to keep up with the rest of the free world so you can continue funding their greed. You're not. It's Stockholm syndrome.
How much funding and time that's been put into Nostr development has been wasted now finding ways around crApple's restrictions, or tweaking shit to get an app into play store, when it could have been spent developing better web clients and the protocol? Meanwhile we're about a technical decade ahead on Android right now, because resources and energy aren't being wasted sucking Tim Apple's dick or trying to find ways around the king's edict.
You can't change Apple.
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Pardon me *apple store
You're missing the point DOC makes. Continuing to find new ways to be free of Apple Store restrictions is the way forward, not to give up. Would Zapple Pay have been created if not for Apple trying to stop zaps? Nostr is now more resilient because of this. And we are still zapping.
Apple pay exists because Apple people have to waste time and energy fighting around an added layer of oligarchy. Zapplepay is great, but entirely unnecessary outside of the domestic abuse relationship people have with this tech company. Again, making excuses for your abuser, and saying that their censorship is somehow beneficial to Nostr development.
Damn autocorrect lol
Youβre part of a fraction of a percent of bitcoiners who understand Nostr. And bitcoiners make up a fraction of a percent of the general population. There will be plenty more bad actors in the βthen they fight youβ stage besides Apple. Arguing that everyone should just give up an ecosystem that they have invested time and money into, and that they have an emotional attachement with is a losing strategy. Yes, those who understand bitcoin and Nostr, and the importance of freedom tech in general get it. But being rude, and telling people they are being sheep is not going to help onboard the average person using an iPhone, or a Googled android device. Look at the big pictureβ¦ the android vs apple trope is old and tired. Stay classy, Nostr.
Why would I be having a discussion on Nostr, talking to another Nostrich, and be trying to onboard them? You're already here. I'm just not down with pandering to Apple. I don't get it.
Onboarding is great, but that's not what you're doing with this note.