I don't think it's accurate to say apps MUST connect to every relay declared by the people I follow.
NIP-65 says clients SHOULD use a user's write relays when downloading their events. That's a recommendation, not a protocol requirement.
What I'm asking for is user choice. Give me an option like "Only use my configured relays," with a warning that I may miss posts from people who don't publish to those relays. I'm perfectly fine with that tradeoff.
LFL already uses this approach. It only pulls events from the relays I've explicitly configured, so I'm not suddenly ingesting spam from hundreds of relays I never approved.
Outbox discovery can remain the default for people who want it. I just don't think a Nostr client should force my device to connect to hundreds of third-party relays without giving me the option to restrict it.
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Most apps just centralize everything in their own relays. That's how they make nostr work.
Not us.
You can add proxy relays in the relay list, that will disable outbox for the feed. But usually people regret doing that because they miss a lot of posts.
I'm not asking Amethyst to centralize anything. I just want the choice to only use the relays I've added myself.
I understand I'll miss some posts, and I'm fine with that. I'd rather miss a few posts than pull spam from hundreds of relays I never added.
The relay system is terrible in nostr. You need to think smarter and be more creative and not follow the crowd because now my amethyst is full of spam
Then use the proxy relay setting. The option has been there for two years.
ok I will try it and see how it goes
This is exactly why pubky.tech is going to overtake Nostr.
lol.
