they should just use twitter if they don't want privacy or decentralization, its much better and has better ux

Exactly. If they want to be the normies client thats fine but I'm not on nostr to jau the a twitter clone. I want my next cold. I want tor as an option. I want marketplace. I want zap splits. I want private PMs. They don't have shit on amethyst from a power user perspective.

I obviously agree about the importance of a good UX. But it cannot replace knowing and picking the right values (=features) in the first place. A great UX should alleviate the pain that necessarily a new protocol introduce, and we should treat users with respect creating a dialogue around these values, don't just try to attract them with easy and appealing solutions. We win explaining what matters, why it matters, and offering good software that makes that obvious and enjoyable.

what if because of the decentralized architecture you can't build a UX as good as the centralized one? (according to some UX criteria) what do you pick at this point?