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IMO it needs to stay that way. Pay to read is a non-starter, there are too many relays and your follows could be anywhere. Writers have to pay, it's just the way it is. I wonder what the numbers would be if you did total cash outflows divided by total number of writes. How many sats per write (or hopefully, writes per sat) would you need to turn a profit?

ToBeWhereTheresLife 2y ago

Why does one pay a relay at all? For read filtering and targeted feeds á la filter.nostr.wine. IMHO it should be a subscription by time.

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MaxMoney21M⚡ 2y ago

You pay so that others will not automatically assume your content is spam. Reading from a paid relay means you are confident that there is very little spam in the feed. Creators pay for that discoverability.

You can stick to 100% free use, but majority of users will filter you as spam unless they are your follower (or maybe your follower's follower).

MaxMoney21M⚡ 2y ago

You can also host your own relay. People could discover your content there, but they'd need to know about your relay, and hosting costs would be much higher than simply offloading to a relay business.

ToBeWhereTheresLife 2y ago

Interesting. I'm seeing it. Probably should be pay-to-write and pay-for-filter.