Laeserin @Laeserin - 3mo
The number of independent Nostr #devs is quickly approaching zero. Almost everyone works for the same corporation. Just saying.
OpenSats
Yeah. I find it depressing and disillusioning. Not gonna lie. I'd rather have a bunch of honest, striving, for-profit companies, fighting for market share, than this non-profit centralization that destroys all market forces in the space and wears down the developer ethos by giving everyone only one, indifferent paying customer. It's Soviet software.
I also find it extremely revealing that most people on here complain about "commies", but left to their own devices, they created a Single Payer System. ROFLMAO
How should we set up the financing of our new, free development universe driven by the pursuit of excellence and efficiency, and with the goal of freeing each individual involved from the clutches of monopoly power? I know! 💡 Let's each contribute some money to this big pot, from each according to his ability, and then we'll have a Central Committee distribute it again, to each each according to his needs. And we'll have everyone write a report and nobody will read it, but the report will be filed in the Official Report File. And anyone who criticizes this system will be considered a dissident, who is exhibiting anti-social behavior.
Is it truly voluntary, if the Single Payer destroys the market? Well, yes, in the sense that they aren't going to shoot or arrest me, if I don't comply. So, there is that.
It's hard to not be demoralized, watching everyone fall over like dominoes. I was so excited to work in FOSS. I had no idea that this much free money was sloshing around. I was maybe too idealistic. We're trying to create systems for people who don't care about Nostr. I want to build something that is good enough, that someone will actually pay us to use it. I know everyone thinks I'm nuts, but I genuinely like the idea of having real customers and solving real problems for them. Thanks for the words of encouragement. 🫂 GN
mleku ✝Ⓐ☯︎ @mleku - 3mo
i'm working for hubmaker labs in contract with arweave well, when i start feeling better today
You inspire me, Mleku. I respect your hustle. Going out there and finding people who want shit done and doing it for them and sending them a bill. 🙏🏻
Wow, really? 🤩 And, no, it isn't. No chance. I can stay retarded longer than anyone else can stay solvent. 😂
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Same. 🫂 I want a company. That's my dream. Build a business. Do what I've spent my life doing for other people. Creating something long-lasting and income generating, for my children. I'm not against grant money, per se, but I think it all coming from the same source and being so devoid of immediate purpose is especially damaging to the overall econosystem. Like Nostr helicopter money.
