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It’s not common knowledge. I don’t point it out often because people think i’m just crapping on primal or something, but it’s a huge difference on how their client works compared to other nostr clients. It’s too centralizing for my taste. until there’s a world where everyone is running their custom relay, but thats not even spec’d

Not to say their approach can’t work, its just requires more money and maintenance to keep alive. Most other clients don’t need any supporting infrastructure: they will keep working after the developer dies, runs out of money, gets bored, etc.
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melissa 1y ago

Yeah I don't see how you pointing out a critical operational feature can be twisted to make out like you're pooping on the competition.

I think it's important. And if users (especially long term ones) don't know this, why?

It's an important difference to be aware of. And a lot of us less skilled in the art of reading code deserve to know this kind of information.

I'll still use primal to browse on my desktop. But it's great to be aware and know I might prefer to post using my trusty #damus client to know I'm broadcasting to all my added relays... Now on that note, I need to do something soon about over doing relays and probably just make my own at some stage 😂

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jb55 1y ago

Primal fans, devs, and investors attack me whenever I point out this stuff, it’s usually not worth it. I just stay in my lane and try to build my vision using better decentralized tech (nostrdb, etc). Its a bit slower to develop but hopefully I can reach the same quality of UX as their caching server all on the client.

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FreeWorld 1y ago

I support nostrdb. Can’t wait to use BitTorrent to have decentralized video storage censorship resistant. The government keeps telling tech company to delete or throttle important videos.

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Colby Serpa 1y ago

Slow and steady 🐢