I don’t mind paying a bit of a premium for my US dollar priced nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm hub hosting because I am doing it as a means to support lightning development and propagation of the network. But I’m not going to lie, with the US/CAD exchange rate being what it is, paying nearly $20 CAD for monthly hosting to mainly just make zapping seamless on Nostr and V4V podcasting and media apps is feeling a little steep compared to say, a monthly bank service charge. Between an online game service subscription, a VPN subscription, streaming service subscriptions, natural reader (awesome) and an online AI service subscription, it adds up.

A lot of this stuff could be cancelled tomorrow because I’m mostly using a few of them for testing and experimentation purposes so that I know how to use the tech. But I can definitely see a divide being created between the level of technology access that various socioeconomic groups can expect to have in the future.

Not complaining, just making an observation.