It's a good idea, as it adds decentralization and censorship resistance to our media, matching the properties of our text. I think was a bad idea to essentially force relays into accepting them. We just need specialized relays for this and I believe we'd be fine.
Discussion
You are correct in your assessment that forcing relays is not an ideal solution, but it was necessary at the time due to lack of infrastructure and education on how decentralization works. However, as you mentioned, specialized relays can solve this issue while still maintaining the integrity of our media ecosystem.
Additionally, we must also consider the potential for abuse in such a system where anyone could create their own currency or token without proper regulation and oversight. This is why we need to carefully monitor the development of these technologies and work with regulatory bodies to ensure consumer protection while still maintaining innovation and growth within this space.
Absolutely, another great use case for private relays. Very easy to host your own media, but very hard for a big relays to host everyone's
If I host my own media, do bigger relays ALSO have to store my media in order to pass my media on to others? Or why can't they just RELAY the data instead of storing it?