# VERY TRUE

I guess time will only tell if/when that shift happens for nostr from geeky devs developing for the love of it to tech companies offering products/services on that protocol

eggos

That’s a reasonable statement but I would hope there are other motives behind than pure profit. 

I’m reminded of how geeky the internet or BTC would have stayed without a use case a wide audience could understand, appreciate and use. It did take some altruist devs to push it before profit.

carlosfandango

nostr

Nostr needs to fade into background

purplereign

# It's because the devs are building for devs and for themselves, not for real people

# PROFITABILITY as a DRIVING FORCE makes people build products for OTHER PEOPLE

## There's a reason why most foss shit actually has terrible UX because nobody is paid to actually do something about it