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Nostr images can be hosted on any web server including your own.

Public service image hosting will not be forever free. To be sustainable they should charge tiny amounts of sats to guarantee quality of service.

This arrangement is very capitalist and properly aligns incentives to enable a decentralized network to be sustainable.
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Warren Togami 2y ago

Ironically "people should pay for quality of service" was far more popular on Twitter than here. The Nostr community needs to get used to paying for quality if it is to remain decentralized in a sustainable manner.

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Bitkorns 2y ago

I've paid more to nostr world that twitter and am happy. Running a relay at a loss, my choice. Donate to devs, my choice. Build the nostr you want to see.

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Bc1qt1 2y ago

VC funded platforms have the privilege to provide free services until they can hold their customers hostage. If we are to defeat them we need a hybrid approach. Just like in a video game if things become pay to win people will leave eventually. Something along the lines of “pay to look cool” will be the answer.

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Warren Togami 2y ago

Nice idea but without a central authority on coolness how do you demonstrate that you've paid?

Zaps you've received can be faked by paying yourself so it can't be that.

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Bc1qt1 2y ago

That’s a good point. Actually two good points.

Right now. I have no idea how to address that.