Email=protocol 
nostr=protocol 

Hotmail, Google, yahoo, proton = company/client using the protocol 

Primal, damus, nostrudel, amethyst=clients using protocol

Where is the illusion of choice? You can use Nostr or not but there's really no few companies owning the protocol

Could you clarify what I'm missing  

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