Technically you are right. But Nostr (the notes side) needs to compete with the empires of social media.
You need something unique to even have a chance. Zaps is one of those unique features.
Yes the protocol has so much to offer. But when onboarding new people you need to show them a at least one feature they don’t have on other platforms.
I like a unique a feature freedom I nonexist on other a platform zaps you can a keep thank you
Why? Every new social media platform was practically always a copycat of the last ever since myspace.
Most people move just out of pure novelty, curiosity and to keep it fresh.
They all converged to become copycats. All of them started in some unique way.
Instagram was a photo only + iOS only.
Twitter was the tweet length limit.
Reddit had downvotes.
Snapchat had disappearing chat and stories.
TikTok had the scrolling feed.
Etc etc.
Very few switch just to switch, something really compelling needs to be on the other side to attract people.
Censorship resistance and cryptographic signature verifications are nostr's unique features, as defined in NIP01. Everything else is just fluff.
