This is why I’m taking a different approach to most of what I am building into Nostr. Building from the Normie direction towards Nostr. Not the other way around. I learned long ago during the dotcom days to baby step people into tech. If it’s too overwhelming, they will walk away.
The comments on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38718544 are proof that we can't make "just apps" and have people use them without knowing that Nostr is a thing. Users must know.
And in fact I think it is much easier to teach people about Nostr than about why your damn app doesn't have email+password login and where is it storing things and how does moderation work without telling them about Nostr.
And when they finally understand the basics of Nostr they will suddenly understand everything about not only your app, but about all other Nostr clients.
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That's interesting. What are you building? Can we see a link?
Well, there are smaller items but the larger one is my media business that has had Roku and Apple TV apps with films and music videos for years. The control panel for artists to add media is old school user/pass but also Nostr login for those who want it. I have typical licensing deals for those who want that but offer Lightning tips for those who understand it. The media itself uses my own api backends. Content upload data is database stored for now but I plan on dualing that with a Nostr kind soon. I also added a new PWA recently with Lightning addresses and QR codes. I’ll slowly add in zaps too. I’m purposely trickling in Nostr features too not confuse the artists who I’m working with and from my own experience the new ones I meet. https://versusmedia.com