Just deleted my Alby account. I’m gonna need a minute…
Discussion
We all are going to... at some point...
Once you've taken your minute...
Was yours acting up too? Just realizing my Alby Hub isn't working again...
Not particularly. I just wearied of going to Alby to send Sats 丰 to my Primal native wallet, or one of my other lightning wallets, and getting emails for every zap received on #nostr. Primal wallet has a much easier UX, a native ledger, and is not charging for their wallet, which Alby plans to do on January 3, 2025. Also, I never used it as it should be used, that whole NWC motif escaped my small cranium. Besides, I needed to scale back and simplify. I have 4 lightning wallets for crissakes.
What happened?
Alby is will begin charging for their now-free wallet on January 3, 2025. They will be rolling our explanations soon, or you can tag them nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm and they will explain. It is a good company, great customer service. I just was not using the NWC fiunctions enough to justify keeping it.
Alby's price is a little excessive IMO but I can't afford the kind of hardware I'd be comfortable using as my own Lightning node, especially living in a place where both internet and power have been buggy af.