how many users do you think are ready for “other stuff”?
Do you think that most users here only use (or care about) that few apps? (that all “onboard articles” will point to)
the nostr protocol is very basic. nostr consists of authentication and sending data to and receiving data from decentralized servers.
when you think about how most of the apps on your phone function, you'll realize that at their basic levels, they just authenticate a user and send data to and receive data from a central server.
the Other Stuff part of the N*OS*TR acronym lives here.
should everything be rebuilt upon nostr? no, probably not. could a large portion of the top 100 apps on your favorite app store be rebuilt with nostr in mind? absolutely.
eventually, we'll reach a critical mass point where developers and entities will want to do this, because when they do, they'll automatically have millions of potential users for their brand new application. this is powerful.
what's one application that you can't live without? could it be rebuilt on nostr? if so, are you willing to pay for it? have you submitted a bounty for it yet over at https://nostrbounties.com ?
Discussion
in my honest opinion, i don't see any sort of considerable amount of people coming to nostr specifically for "Other Stuff" or any micro-service just yet.
i think all of our non social apps and micro-services such as your password manager and your URL shortener will be used by nostriches first and for a while only by nostriches. we'll know that nostr is a success when people start using the "Other Stuff" without being on one of nostr's social apps first.
They’ll be more then ready for it when it’s a 10x improvement. Or when it’s something they absolutely need access to (money, lllm, …)
Those improvements are a lot more likely to happen with the “other stuff” in my mind. Censorship-resistance is not even an improvement for most people. I fail to see how microblogging can innovate like crazy without the integration of all the “other stuff”.