chef’s kiss 
So excited for the future 
Moving to android because apple is doing what it’s always done is really dumb
(The answer is that alluding to technically-possible drama of an Apple-Google-USG conspiracy to attack bitcoin holders will get way more engagement.)
If your key is stored on a device that has an internet connection, you are trusting a third party not to confiscate your keys. You’re also playing a lottery with whether or not that device is exposed to attackers. Never store keys to bitcoin you absolutely don’t want to lose on a hot device, period. Why is Balaji not just saying that?
There are lots of risks of hot wallets, Apple or Google committing seppuku by pushing an update that confiscates their users’ money (LOL) is probably the literal least likely way you can lose money from hot wallets.
Balaji is suggesting that hot wallets are necessary for a bitcoin economy and that’s why we need technological and political solutions. He’s right that hot wallets would indeed be a long term risk. iOS and Android could be a huge single point of failure in a political attack on bitcoin. But the answer is not developing ways to securely store keys on iOS and Android devices. The answer is never storing keys on iOS and Android devices.
You can already use iOS and Android to conveniently interact with bitcoin while never storing a private key on the device itself. See Ledger Nano X w/ Bluetooth and Block’s forthcoming BitKey.
Balaji is being dramatic here. It’s technically possible, yes. Long term risk to hot wallets. But not gonna happen.
This is always what it is. Same thing with Swan’s YouTube account this week.
You mostly don’t anymore because most people have no reason to. What’s going on with Damus is the kind of thing that could bring it back though.
The great thing is that Apple could nuke Damus from orbit if they wanted and nothing happens to Nostr. Well, nothing except a mega Streisand effect.
iPhone is a mostly privacy-protecting damn good experience without having to de-Apple, but walled garden App Store. Jailbroken iPhone is a good trade off.
Android is a bad experience when you fully de-Google, and you can sideload apps, but Android apps mostly suck. And apps that wouldn’t otherwise be accepted on the store mostly don’t exist.
Best option until hyperbitcoinization IMO is assuming they will both be infinitely hostile and building impervious tools like web apps.
Android isn’t actually better
The answer is PWAs like Mutiny is doing
FYI I’m pretty sure it’s smart to start slow after going that long
Nostr definitely has some anti-fragility about it. The numbers are spiking.
Generally though I think Apple is much more fight-able than people think. Their review process is very flaky. We need to make a more concerted effort to fight back.
Look, a reason for jailbreaks to make a comeback. I would jailbreak for this. nostr:note14vfvfnt8ynlp4qj2fcdt5t28judjypdnth83swmdhlythryw2seq2nuuh6
New pfp just dropped
Why is there no nostr Reddit clone that is blowing up right now
