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clay | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I will say that I experience a lot of technical problems on nostr with no clear path to resolution, regardless of what client I use. I've tried almost all of them.

i can't imagine how frustrating it is for people less technical than me to use nostr with any consistency.

That being said, I still love it and think it shows strong promise, but there's a lot or problems to solve yet.
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t2hmkr | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I think this is the key. Techy people can get around a LOT. Non-techy people are limited to what's made available in user-friendly format.

Case in point: several Bitcoin wallet providers are unavailable in the US due to "regulations." Are there other options? Sure. Are they practically accessible for newbies or non-developers? For the most part, no.

So in one sense, Bitcoin is unregulable, but in another sense it's HIGHLY controllable.

I think Nostr is a similar thing. Fundamentally, it might be accessible to everyone and resistant to censorship. But whether or not ordinary people can access and use it in censorship-free clients is an entirely separate question.

(For context, I'm mid-level tech-wise. I can write HTML from scratch and do some basic troubleshooting of simple script languages. Back in the day, I did some simple BASIC programming and have worked a little with Linux. But I'm not a developer or programmer and don't know any real, modern programming languages. I'm not even fluent with CSS. So not super-techy, but probably more knowledgeable than your average Joe.)