Nostr Web Client

Ouch.

Nostr's design is truly decentralized which is good, but normal users may be surprised by the amount of data and client-side processing that is required to have a rich social media experience. It can too easily consume far more mobile data than hyper-optimized mobile YouTube streaming.

They already begun to optimize by providing things like data saving image compression proxies.

Perhaps Mobile Nostr clients need pop-up warnings about mobile data consumption. Other apps give users options to automatically minimize mobile data use while they are unrestricted while on WiFi. For example a mobile Nostr client detecting mobile data mode could skip loading of images or show a very low res version from a proxy until you click on the image to download.

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Tzu 2y ago

I can see it on gossip. Very less data usage compare to other clients

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fiatjaf 2y ago

Exactly: (after an hour of intermittent usage)

Try to make #[0] realize that though. He will die on the hill that Nostr is bandwidth-heavy by nature. He just posts that same FUD every day.

jb55 2y ago

Does gossip not load images? Is this not counting image download bytes? I highly doubt this number is correct. Some profile pictures are like 5-10MB. This is FUD itself.

Bankers Bad Dream 2y ago

No it doesn't load posted images

jb55 2y ago

profile pictures?

Bankers Bad Dream 2y ago

Yes

Thomas Rossi 2y ago

Is this the reason why I see the profile pic only of someone I don’t follow only when I click on the robot head? That is quite neat!

Btw, why should images be part of gossip messages? Do you actually sign the bytes of the image or only the link to the image?

Warren Togami 2y ago

That's a bit harsh bro.