I think my initial response was a bit harsh. Thank you for your calm and actually useful reply.
Distributed hosting protocols already exist, but that is beside the point. This is not a tech issue, its a principles issue. Caving to totalitarian goverments is not going to make the problem go away. Dont you think nostr has failed if were going to start censoring ourselves?
Thanks for coming back to chat.
Since I first started using nostr I have imagined that it will eventually spread out in a way where some parts (maybe large parts) of the network are compliant with governments, but smaller segments will be more privacy focused and less compliant.
If one image host is compliant we still have the option to use another. The same is true of clients, but as fishcake pointed out, hostiya non-copliant relay will pose it's own challenges.
The best path forward is to continue creating software and hardware that make nostr easier to use and harder to stop.
Some countries will be more compliant than others to the global propaganda system. That was clear during COVID for example. Maintaining liberty may require a physical relocation by the individual; especially if they are located in the UK or EU.
The alternative is a physical uprising and I think that's inevitable, but mess and risky.
