Many people love WoS and especially in nostr it's very popular as it's no fun to get zaps without it. Yeah, even I have one of their addresses but do we know who to go after if something goes terribly wrong? I see it's an Australian registered company but I see no faces. Who's behind it? Is there any audits of their financials? How much money do they manage? I get it, it's not meant to be used for your life savings but still, there's always a Pareto distribution so while you and I might hold less than $10, a certain percentage of users might hold significant sums in the wallet.

And even if not, what's the point of tipping WoS to WoS if the plug can be pulled at any time. They brag about 13 million payments made but that's 13 million payments that can be turned meaningless and a waste of time in an instant.

Please, if you are a net receiver of zaps, withdraw your sats frequently. Lets promote alternatives. Let's get more diverse.

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yes, diversity is required, both in wallets and clients

Agreed. For me the nicest part of WoS wasn't an aversion to self-custody, I'm fine with that. The convenience and low fees of the lightning network are a great attribute, but I grew to dislike all of the micromanaging needed to run your own lightning channels, the rebalancing, etc. I played with that for about six months a year or so ago and it got to be a time-consuming hassle. I didn't need to do that when using WoS. Maybe there are better lightning node tools now, I don't know. May need to revisit that topic now that some time has passed since I last looked at it.