That's my point. If relays and apps charge $5 a month, I won't be using 19 relays. A price point will need to be found that's advantageous to both business operator and consumer.
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Of course, and the market will do that. When relays/channels come about they’ll focus more on content and client and leverage the relay as a business model, like monetising a large Twitter or substack following, they’ll filter that through their relays.
You might pay $5/month over 19 relays if 19 providers gave you that much value and took out costs for other services in your world.
In the meantime there will be plenty of apps you don’t consume just as there are today. With a smaller userbase fees will be lower, it will find equilibrium as it grows.
It's like the same problem MSM faced. Ain't nobody got the time/money to watch/pay: Netflix, Disney+, Peacock, Paramount, HBO, etc...
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