Vitor Pamplona on Nostr: I don't claim they have zero users. I claim they are not using the real Nostr. Just ...

I don't claim they have zero users. I claim they are not using the real Nostr. Just restricted Nostr apps that are all centralized on themselves and don't provide the "Nostr" way of doing social media. The OS forces apps to centralize on themselves.

For instance, there is no way for an iOS app to run notifications unless that app also runs the notification server. There is no way to create signing apps on iOS. There is no way to run a relay on the OS. There is no way to pull Nostr events from any other app. There is no way to share a database. There is no realistic way to side load apps or have separate Stores. There is no way to buy Bitcoin without going through Apple Pay. All of those things must be provided by each Nostr app independently. Which just re-creates the centralization effects we see on regular social media, like Twitter.

Ideally, Nostur, Damus and Primal would run overt the same database. The user would be then free to choose which app he/she wants to use without having to re-download every event again.