Nostr Web Client

Keet (peer to peer app) announced on Twitter that they’re launching their mobile client tomorrow, Jan. 30, and it’s such a letdown. Honestly I’ve been so hyped for Keet on mobile since they announced it last year. Because of its peer-to-peer nature, mobile use will require users to have Keet running on a desktop computer at home (essentially running your own server). Even more disappointing is that your mobile session and desktop session won’t be in sync, so in other words you’re phone and computer are 2 separate users in a shared chat room. And for now there’s no lightning integration in mobile (coming soon they said). It’s all a non-starter for me. 👎

corndalorian 2y ago

This is what they’ve messaged for months 👇 “without middlemen, third parties, or servers” which is why this is such a letdown. Just be honest with your users in your messaging:

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Shawn 2y ago

Bummer. That is disappointing. I was pumped for this.

corndalorian 2y ago

Yea same. I had been testing Sphinx Chat which uses the lightning network, and it requires you to run a relay/server on your node or connect to someone else’s. When Keet announced this last year and said it would be coming to mobile, it sounded like it would solve for that limitation. Disappointing that they weren’t more transparent about this.

Shawn 2y ago

Same and same. I was bullish on Sphinx, but that’s too high a hurdle for most. Same with Keet, I’d think.

corndalorian 2y ago

Yep 💯