The extreme situation of turning consumers into weak patients is likely to only occur on hardware monopoly platforms like Apple. Even monopoly platforms like Apple don't dare to do this. So far, Apple is still a consumer-centric platform. This situation is even less likely to happen on the Nostr client. Nostr exists for consumers because users can switch their clients at any time without losing their personal data. Consumers will pay for products they like, and if they don't like them, they will abandon them.

If there is one part of Damus' zap-share that needs to be optimized, it is to grade users' split ratios, from blue to yellow badges. This will make users feel discriminated against and forced to split a large proportion. If we really want to give users a sense of fairness, as long as users have set the zap split ratio, they can all get the same badge.

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"Apple dont dare to do this"

lol. Apple has been doing this since the iPhone with huge sucess and their users don't even notice.

Also, there is no need for hardware monopoly. Just look at TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, Twitch, Substack. Mind-share control is the oldest trick of big tech.

i have an old friend who uses Apple and drives a Tesla ( Plaid ) and i'm always tempted to call him a LEMMING BITCH but we went to high school together ...

i don't understand how anybody can support monopolies like Apple or Tesla's Supercharger Network ...

no i don't use Linux i think that's another extreme of being Utopian ...

i think Windows and Android are a nice middle ground where companies get to make profits and consumers get to have a choice ...