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DanConwayDev | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Im not sure it is an all or nothing.
I would perfer to share my queries with one 'client proxy' with a good reputation than lots of unknown  relays.
It could be a point of centralisation that can be the target of censorship requests.
So long as its not used relied on for general queries but to find specific events / nip05 validation and clients fall back to using querying the relays, I think it is a great trade-off.
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Magister Michael Dilger M.Sc. | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 A trade off is what it is. You may have to trust a little bit that things aren't getting censored, and that the proxy won't abuse your IP information.  And in return your client can be simpler, maybe doesn't need to open as many connections, and you get a bit better privacy without really doing privacy right.  That works for some people, which is why I think it's a viable idea.  I'm not working on such a thing because it doesn't really work for me, but I'm not against it.
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DanConwayDev | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 This is the beauty of nostr. Lots of clients with different trade-offs.