He's right in his criticism. You can claim that "oh it's just one client in an open protocol" and that would be a valid counter if that client didn't happen to be the most popular one by a huge margin.
Farcaster founder is now going after nostr:nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qy08wumn8ghj7mn0wd68yttsw43zuam9d3kx7unyv4ezumn9wshsz8thwden5te0dehhxarj9e3xjarrda5kuetj9eek7cmfv9kz7qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3ezucnpdejz7qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8qunfd4skctnwv46z7qgewaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8xmn0wf6zuum0vd5kzmp0qyfhwumn8ghj7mmxve3ksctfdch8qatz9uq3samnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwvd6hyun9de6zuenedyhszxnhwden5te0vdskx6r9xvh8qunfd4skctnwv46z7a33qqs9xtvrphl7p8qnua0gk9zusft33lqjkqqr7cwkr6g8wusu0lle8jcl7a98v and Nostr. Take it as a complement. He's scared 💀.
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It's a valid criticism of Primal though, not necessarily Nostr.
The protocol remains open and I can still zap anyone on any client from any client without kyc.
Primal is representative of the majority of nostr users, hence why the generalization has legs.
We shouldn't shy away or dimiss criticism because it comes from haters. We should remain skeptic, humble and truthful.
Fair enough. I agree with both points.
It would be nice if Primal gave its users the option to send zaps from a wallet they liked instead of forcing their wallet on users
It would be even better if users were just smarter about their choice of apps so that we don't have to care about what primal does and how that reflects on nostr as a whole.
