Value proposition is this: relays wont store information for free forever. People need to store their stuff somewhere. If their phone is avaiable, they should be able to use it free of any additional charges.

Yes, they can buy a server or pay for a relay. But most people will never do that. They will prefer storing their info in their phones in the same way they store their pictures today.

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I’m just a noob in all this Nostr stuff, but from my perception, I believe most users will have/need both: payed relays AND local event storage, just like they currently do with their photos.

I do pay Apple to hold a copy of the photos on my phone, as well as my wife and other non-technical users do, but the Photos app also keep a local copy.

If the local relay make a backup on cloud storage (such iCloud or Google Drive) you won’t need paid relay for storing your events