However…what if I built an app and ran my own relays that I published to only for said app that allowed users to interact with it from other clients if adding my relay. That is then using the protocol as an open network as intended but also allowing for any number of additional use cases in which I control my data and don’t abuse it.

Nobody thought we’d send ourselves emails to remind us to take out the trash or dinner with the spouse since we have calendars…but here we are.