I should also tag this #asknostr i guess 😃 View quoted note →

I think he’s got a lot right, but I have a couple of contentions: 1) Moralizing people into using something is not the answer. We cannot expect everyone to have time or space to understand what’s going on beneath the surface of their tech. They’ve got families, jobs, etc… they’re trying to get by. We need to have excellent experiences with freedom tech baked in. The bar is set high— it’s a wonderful experience to switch over if you know what you’re doing, but most freedom oriented software is a foreign language to most people. IMO we need to build things that people pick up and understand without an instruction manual or a blog. 2) Capitalism can and should still exist within freedom oriented software. Nostr and Bitcoin are excellent places to offer optional, value added services for a price. People need to eat and get paid for excellent service. There’s nothing wrong with this, and begging for donations will never sustain the level of care and attention needed to compete with the current players. Tech has a monopoly problem, not a capitalism problem.

Also curious of your thoughts on this 👇🏼We share a similar ethic as OP in a lot of ways: View quoted note →