gah, i get things backwards all the time (imagine how it is when i'm coding lol)
most clients now support auth
meanwhile nostr:nprofile1qyv8wumn8ghj7enfd36x2u3wdehhxarj9emkjmn99uq3wamnwvaz7tmfde3x77pwdehhxarj9emkjmn99uq3samnwvaz7tmrv4kxcctj9ehx7um5wgh8w6twv5hszythwden5te0dehhxarj9emkjmn99uq3samnwvaz7tmrwfjkzarj9ehx7um5wgh8w6twv5hsz8mhwden5te0vfhhxarj9ekxjemgw3hxjmn8wdcx7un99e3k7mf0qy2hwumn8ghj7er9wd3ksmm0d35kueeww4ej7qgwwaehxw309askgun99eeh2tcpr9mhxue69uhkvet9v3ejumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtmjw5qzq0vy9tlv6h3f8u5tvcnexdcy50acec2n42ga0y9tz8m2w5k5ffpdprlx2x and nostr:nprofile1qyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcpzemhxue69uhks6tnwshxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qgewaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnwa5x2un99e3k7mf0qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq32amnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3sk6atn9e5k7tcpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcprpmhxue69uhkv6tvw3jhytnwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0qyghwumn8ghj7vf5xqhxvdm69e5k7tcpzamhxue69uhky6t5vdhkjmn9wgh8xmmrd9skctcqypftfgrkhjammsap4marwdvpdnm5nya3hrdjq2cpezputzl8ltvt6arddjr have struggled to run paid relays for over a year, because without auth it's almost impossible to practically get people to pay for relay service
and adjunct to that, Mazin most notably has been trying to pionere the use of automated messages from his relay service relating to subscriptions... i have done a little work with writing nostr chatbots, and its doable, but client support is pretty unreliable ,and like nostr:nprofile1qyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tcpzfmhxue69uhkummnw3eryvfwvdhk6tcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qyfhwumn8ghj7am0wsh82arcduhx7mn99uq3vamnwvaz7tmzv4mx7tnwdaehgu339e3k7mf0qydhwumn8ghj7argv4nx7un9wd6zumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcpz9mhxue69uhnzdps9enrw73wd9hj7qgcwaehxw309ashgtnwdaehgunhdaexkuewvdhk6tcpz4mhxue69uhkgetnvd5x7mmvd9hxwtn4wvhsqgrucv52prwm9t7ln7d7w7l07nyrfz0lj7tjrqnav299gtej5frupczltv89 says, who is also another relay service entrepreneur, it's really hard to get messages out to people over nostr
