I like the free market aspect of Nostr relays. 

-Any given relay is likely to eventually purge, and thus render notes ephemeral. Not necessarily a bad thing.

-People can pay relays for assurances of more longevity for notes. There is some counterparty risk but otherwise that’s all good too. Counterparty risk can be spread out if someone is willing to pay more for duplication.

-People can go through the time and expense of running their own relay. https://image.nostr.build/92c6aedac8b2100137b66b0a6bfe2b10198efe32e9408a93eebd1568e66a9799.gif  

 That’s one of my favourite features of Nostr 

 Great advice 

 Your third point, the way to go. Self reliance is true freedom. 

 We have to trust google with web2 and with web 3 we trust nos2x for private key what is the difference 

 Mostly it’s pretty dumb and will not last. People mistake fiatjaf’s saltiness for smarts. Whereas relays and nsecs are a product of a weak mind amid low IQ density in this space. 

I will be back in 6m to tell you I told you so again. 

 @jb55 .. dis your alt account brah? 

 Absolutely. Everyone who wants to have their notes stored forever should either pay for the service or run their own relay. As simple as that. 

 And if better, customers could send a timestamp on each note 🗒️ so that it is automatically deleted in the relay when their time expires. And that it is configurable by the user that time.? 

 Adding optional expiration dates to notes is a fantastic idea.  Not all relays will honor them, but cool feature nonetheless... 

 The different clients will already improve the feature. 

 Agreed… if you want permanence, pay for it 

Reputation however should be permanent 

 I rather like the other way around, where any douchebaggery remains visible to the world and accountability/responsibility reigns.