midway on Nostr: The bar has been set at zero cost to the end user. Social media, email, news. ...

The bar has been set at zero cost to the end user. Social media, email, news. That’s the going rate. Will there be people willing to pay for these things? Yes. But that group is tiny. It’s just not a priority for most people. This is especially true in rougher economies when money is tight. And that brings me back to the “democratized attention“ point you made earlier. In theory you are correct. In practice, AP is used mostly by people who have some combination of tech skills and disposable time and money. That’s the difference between theory and reality.