There are client developers building on nostr who speak of the “freedom of protocols”.

You should understand that some of them are not referring to human freedom, or protecting it.

The freedom they are referring to is entirely self serving, and refers to their ability to not have to build according to the rules of an existing platform. They don’t care at all about preserving human liberty outside of their own aims.

You would do well to know who they are, and avoid what they are building.