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People don’t want to pay. They also don’t want to see any ads of any form including privacy preserving ones. Then they complain about the crappy service.
Then they send 5 paid relays’ worth of money to a grant org controlled by anti-FOSS people that then gets wasted on Pablo’s half baked prototypes.
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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.
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.
