I don't disagree with the fact that people need to pay in order for their data to remain hosted long-term. I just think there needs to be a better way of incentivising relays to host data long term, without requiring users to manually pick and choose which relays get paid. Bitcoin users don't choose which miners are securing the network. It's a competition. Nostr users shouldn't have to care which particular relay is hosting their data at any give moment. It should likewise be a competition.
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There are ways. But the cote protocol doesn't implement any of them. I even if she nips implement it, all if the others will still require you to choose. Regardless of what anyone think. This was never part of the protocol and likely will never be.