For two decades, we accepted a bargain: let Apple and Google verify every developer with government papers, and they will keep us safe from malware.
The bargain was always a lie.
Fake apps still steal millions while real developers get banned at the whim of bureaucrats in Cupertino and authoritarian censors in Moscow.
@Zapstore, a Nostr-based app store, offers a different model: one where developers sign their own releases, users verify through social trust, and no passport is required to publish code. This is not a feature request. It is a return to the original promise of the internet. And nobody can stop us building it.
