That's dumb, so you have to pay to use it?
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no you don't if you manage your own channels. See AlbyHub
No I mean to use Alby account custodially
oh you thought this was free, nigga?
You and I don't mind doing that but the majority of people won't do this.
Eh. It's not dumb. It's unfortunate. Running a Lightning node costs money. Opening and closing channels isn't free.
Yeah, they seen to just be on a downward trend for a while, I like the Alby team, but this seems like a bad decision for them as a company and Nostr, why not just increase fees on transactions if they aren't making enough.
One can easily set up a decent node under 250 USD. Its not that much.
I'm sorry, but that's my opinion. I love the Alby team but this doesn't sound like a smart move.
What exactly won't be free? The Custodial part right? So no free account or LN addresses?
no, but you will upgrade to a self-sovereign option where you have full control.
You can run it for free or use the cloud option which offers a paid service with benefits to make things easy.