I think #NOSTR is great, but people who think it is going to take over and out-compete (or even be equal to) centralized platforms seem kind of deluded.

Most people just don’t care about “owning” their data. Most people don’t care about getting banned (because most people don’t get banned). They just care if it works or not. And for most people, for most purposes, the existing platforms continue to just work.

Censorship resistance is where NOSTR excels, but it’s a niche market, and maybe always will be.

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Most prefer convenience

Precisely.

Nostr provides an immutable set of novel incentives for developers and users. Which then provides an entirely new paradigm for development, UX and use cases.

It may be that these novel incentives create such an attractive environment for developers and users that what gets built on Nostr is objectively superior to all legacy products (eventually) and that creates a feedback that sees Nostr emerge as the protocol where the better apps exists interoperably.

I wouldn’t underestimate what can happen here in the next 10 years. Centralized products continue to regress and Nostr continues to evolve.

I sincerely hope so.

Censorship resistance is not a “niche” market.🤦🏻‍♂️

Everything else you said is anecdotal, at best. It’s basically a rant to justify remaining ignorant and under someone’s thumb. Carry on…

It really is niche, yes. Most people just don’t care about it.

Okie.👌🏻