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nostr solves for who owns the shared service. nobody. run your own, use an open relay, or pay for one from folks you trust.
by baron3dl 3mo ago
nostr solves for who owns the shared service. nobody. run your own, use an open relay, or pay for one from folks you trust.
- designerarvid 3mo agoWhat problem is that a solution to? Is there a problem with someone owning it, in that case: what?
- baron3dl 3mo agoconsignment to existence as a cloud serf. paying rents to have your data held hostage and exploited by a third party. maybe these aren't problems for you
- barnabee 3mo ago> Is there a problem with someone owning it Yes > what? They can decide you can't use it anymore They can decide to charge more for it They can arbitrarily take features out from under you or change how it works They can read and/or sell/give away/accidentally get exploited and lose your data They can prevent your extracting your data to move away from them They can prevent you building or integrating other tools They control how you can modify or configure the software ...
- __MatrixMan__ 3mo agoMaybe you have enemies that can coerce your service providers into shutting parts of your business down. It happened to WikiLeaks.
- andunie 3mo agoI don't think that's what Nostr solves. It's more like an interoperability layer.
- sulam 3mo agoThe story right now is to own the least you possibly can, at least if you're a business. If I can buy it that's usually the right choice, in terms of opportunity cost if nothing else.
- baron3dl 3mo agonostr doesn't make anyone buy any more or less than they want. it enables freedom of movement if your landlord becomes exploitative.