As a steel man against free, open protocols like Nostr and Bitcoin, I would say that the majority of people are more interested in control over freedom even if they themselves have neither. They do not trust something that frees them because it also frees those they want controlled.

Also, I have noticed during this twitter/x dustup, that there is a void in the conversation around alternatives where Nostr should be. It gets unremembered; voided. I believe this is also why the word crypto is so used in place of Bitcoin even by people who are not hostile to it. As if these things are lights that burn so bright they cannot be looked at.