I shared my thoughts on paywalls many times, so I'll spare you my thoughts and will just say that's neat and all but I believe it's the wrong approach. Copy-paste will work too, always, as does OCR. OCR on Android is one click: This is a Private note only Derek can see. This is a test of a new paid subscriber feed to be released by Amethyst in the upcommng weeks. This post cannot be verified by anybody else. The only way to expose this content to others is by taking a screenshot and posting it. But they will never be able to verify the veracity of this post. This system uses Sealed GiftWraps premium followers exclusive content wihtout allowing them to rebroadcast it to non payers.
Ok, but I'm still not able to verify that @Vitor Pamplona really said that. 🤷
Doesn't matter imho, as long as someone can verify. https://image.nostr.build/66ea8ebec2d16da686e47402a3dbe78b3a65e006683701de172b449c85cb3d57.jpg nostr:nevent1qqsyqm4xhfguca0vuvq6j2nuz3zjgffsp9skqvxtl6zpsmqcqx9l7nspp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqzyphydppzm7m554ecwq4gsgaek2qk32atse2l4t9ks57dpms4mmhfxqcyqqqzvjsgeys2s
There's two different things: 1- keeping information behind a paywall. 2- keeping the verification to some people OnlyFans success shows us that #1 works <well enough> for people to spend some sats to climb those paywalls. We know that information could be broadcasted to the world, but still nowadays OnlyFans is a thing. @Vitor Pamplona 's proposal allows to implement #1 well enough, and even adding #2 to it.
Yeah, that's fine. #1 is basically patronage plus early access, which is fine. But the good OnlyFans content is accessible for free to all eventually, as to my point. What I'm trying to say is that I believe there is a better model than artificially restricting access to information. But again, I'm all for this kind of experimentation. Time will tell.
I think there are use cases for both. Let's implement everything and see who wins :)
There are numerous implementation cases of subscriptions, different effects can be desired and achieved: early access, exclusive access (Gigi's point is valid), nft-like bragging rights, certification of origin. Or simply allowing people to vote with their sats and support a cause/person on a regular basis, whatever the perks. There's so much more good than challenges that come from this. There needn't be one implementation only.
I'm in this camp. I believe value for value has it's use cases and believe subscriptions have their use cases too. One model may not be the best for a particular use case. We won't know until we try it.