For reference, the quoted post from you does *NOT* contain a video.
The video is stored on a classical centralized HTTP(S) platform: nostr.build, which, confusingly, happens to contain the word "Nostr" in the name, but is actually just an HTTP server like Google Drive or Imgur.
The actual content of the post is merely an HTTP link to that video. Many clients happen to embed the video in the content of the page, but this just means they are sending automated HTTP requests, not that the video has been posted on Nostr.
Here is a link to Google in a Nostr post: https://www.google.com/.
Does it mean I just uploaded the Google search engine to Nostr? No, I just put a link to it, same as you did with the video.
Decentralized platforms are only good if people actually understand what they are decentralizing. Giving power to users requires that users be willing to acquire knowledge and understanding.
People need to understand that, in the vast majority of cases, they are not decentralizing their image or video uploads and that media content isn't actually being stored on Nostr.
The word "Nostr" in the name of nostr:npub1nxy4qpqnld6kmpphjykvx2lqwvxmuxluddwjamm4nc29ds3elyzsm5avr7 build might be part of confusing people. The fact that clients embed referenced content also contributes to it.
nostr:npub17nd4yu9anyd3004pumgrtazaacujjxwzj36thtqsxskjy0r5urgqf6950x, mentioning you because, from past conversations, you went from being confused about this to understanding it, so you might be in a good position to know: how do you think this fact can be effectively explained?
Credo si stia cercando di ovviare a questo problema con i server blossom.
Finora purtroppo hai ragione tu, quasi tutti i video e le immagini sono centralizzate.
Di per sé non è terribile che sia così e Nostr dà un vantaggio enorme anche a chi carica video o immagini (la piattaforma può censurare l'immagine, ma tu mantieni il tuo pubblico e il tuo account non può essere censurato, quindi continui a raggiungere chi ti segue senza intoppi e, semplicemente, cambi server HTTP in futuro).
L'importante è solo che si sappia. Io sono convinto che una reale comprensione delle cose sia di valore più grande di qualunque implementazione di qualunque idea tecnologica e che sia sufficiente a dare potere all'utente.
Ma a volte scrivere testo per umani, per divulgare un fatto, è più difficile che scrivere codice.
Nostr build has a blossom server now, 🌸
Yes, as some other platforms, but the way people are actually sharing media is through links, which clients display as embedded images or videos, so the implementation of Blossom doesn't actually do much.
Blossom isn't the only solution. This is why I wrote "in the vast majority of cases". It's not in every case, occasionally media uploads are decentralized in some way (including the worst: through Nostr itself, by embedding media, in some form, as part of posts, then uploading those massive JSONs to poor relays). Not every case, just, by far, the vast majority.
