Subscriptions and Buy Now Pay Later feel like two of the biggest fiat-driven traps today 💸 You will own nothing and they will call it happiness 😐
Subscriptions 📅
Keep paying forever and lose access the moment you stop. You may have already paid for it many times over yet never actually own it.
Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) 💳
Creates debt for everyday items. Normalizes borrowing for short-term consumption, locking people into endless payment cycles while the product loses value.
The bigger picture 🕰️
This is not about choice. It is about conditioning people to accept a life without ownership. The less you own, the more dependent you become and the easier it is to control you.
Fiat quietly transfers wealth from the many to the few. Always has.
Instagram’s new “Maps” isn’t just about finding cafes — it’s a surveillance tool.
Meta can now track:
• Where you go, even if you don’t post
• What areas and businesses you zoom in on
• Who you’re with, based on overlapping tags
• Your habits, interests, and movement patterns
• Cross-app location history from FB, Messenger, IG
This data builds a precise behavioral profile to feed ads and algorithms.
Even “private” use leaks signals through searches, saves, and map taps.
Nostr flips the script
• No central company siphoning your data
• Your posts live on a public, decentralized network
• No hidden ad profile, no shadow tracking
• You control what you share and where it’s stored
IG’s map shows you places.
Nostr shows you freedom.
