In that case it seems like it would be on the client to initiate the connection through Tor. I can't imagine a world where such a client would ever connect with such a server by default, unless that server exclusively stores content that would be fine on the clearnet anyway.
Tor has been around for ages but I haven't seen a lot of interest from internet users. I was a regular visitor of one website that experienced deplatforming/web hosting issues and had to move to Tor for a period of time. During that period, I saw the number of users drop drastically. Nobody wanted to use Tor.
Maybe it would be different if it was automatically implemented in Nostr; maybe it would catch on if it was more convenient. But personally I don't see the appeal of pushing to integrate censorship resistant media with Nostr. If someone wants to browse loli content, people have already found a few clearnet web hosts who will tolerate it. And if they are looking for actual CSAM/child pornography, I'm sure there are still plenty of Tor users and .onion sites sites that the FBI will never be able to touch.
I don't want Nostr to drive away their users and piss off the FBI all so that they can provide a service that nobody wants or needs. I say leave Tor media servers for when we actually need them.
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@Amethyst already do this
There is a big difference between using Tor to connect to clearnet servers and using Tor to connect to darknet servers. I would love to pass all my internet traffic through Tor. But that doesn't mean there are a lot of darknet only sites or services that I'd want to connect to.
I don't have a fundamental issue with censorship resistant web hosting. It's just that I'm not particularly interested in any of the content that actually needs it.
Sorry for starting my response before you finished editing. My settings page just tells me to install Orbot. Either way, this seems to be for regular relays on .onion domains, not Blossom servers.