Running a relay costs money, time, server power & lots of HD space. As more users use your relay it becomes almost a full-time job.

It looks like the relays will end up on the same path as image hosting websites. 

This is why I bought my own image hosting software "chevereto" and I am hosting my own images because I figure the nostr image hosting websites will end up on the same path as the original image hosting websites decades ago. They all went bankrupt and all the images I uploaded on their websites went bye.

I'm not sure if I'm up to the task of setting up my own relay. That's some advanced cli linux docker stuff. 

It will be sad when relays start disappearing because there is also no way to export/import our notes to a new relay. 

Read the note at the very bottom.
The idea that is passed on to relay operators is that they should purge old notes due to the fact that HD space is limited once the relay starts to become popular and used by many.

The issue with deleting previous notes and only keeping a months worth of notes is that your previous notes could be missing out on getting zapped. 

Every Satoshi counts!

Paying for a relay is a good option. The only issue is understanding how paid relays work. 

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