My point is that nostr cannot rely on my charity. This isn’t a viable economic model. Nostr has to provide value and I’m willing to pay for that but I don’t cat pictures or photos valuable. If there’s an outstanding picture I’ll zap it but that’s far too subjective for a sustainable business. But having said that I do find @npub1f4uy...r407 valuable so I do try and zap things I agree with. But that’s also so subjective ie I find it valuable and I zap. Someone else may still find it valuable but not zap. It’s difficult to make this sustainable. Nonetheless I’m willing to pay a lot for private AI @Maple AI so my point is that you cannot rely on people’s charity. You have to provide a service which someone finds valuable. And find some way of not giving it away for free. People will pay for something they find valuable but won’t pay for it if they can get it for free.

We live in a utopia of free and amazing online content. We do not live in a utopia of free and amazing pastrami bagels. Ergo if you're looking to make a buck then open a bagel shop.