Damus
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People who respond with “make a PWA instead”, you are missing the point.

The point is not that we can’t circumvent this. We can stop doing things on iOS or simply not have zaps on posts.

The point is that every single app can no longer add zaps to posts. This is a big blow for the zap economy model. It means no other apps can explore what it would mean to support work with instant p2p payments. This is a blow to the future of lightning payments, marketplaces, creator economy.

There are 1.5 BILLION active iPhone users. To say, fuck Apple, let’s just do X instead is to say who cares about 19% of the world’s population.. we don’t need them in the bitcoin micropayments economy.

This demands a big response. I am not sure we are making it a big enough deal. There must be A LOT more noise happening right now.

Bitcoiners who do not understand this need to wake the fuck up.
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Mike Dilger ☑️ · 138w
So how do we make it a bigger deal?
Rico · 138w
You put it into perspective correctly, best take I've read so far on the issue. It's not just lightning, even on-chain is prohibited, Bitcoin as a whole is locked out of this economy model. The economy model itself is crippled.
47 · 138w
I disagree saying “fuck apple” means fuck those 1.5b people. Perhaps the path to change for apple lies in competing however? Perhaps saying fuck apple in the short term is the best way to incentivize apple from embracing the change and stop restricting and fucking their users ?
cloud fodder · 138w
Ya I mean, the best thing to do is to use "all the people that reached out (to will)", all those big deal people and people inside apple etc. To get some kind of meeting with Tim Cook and convince him to accept zap splits. Anything less than this, is just a decades long slog against the grain of i...
offgrid · 138w
I don’t need an Apple app to receive pay payments on any other crypto blockchain, Neither does Nostr or Damus… #nostr #damus #[4]
btctotoro · 138w
I agree with your take and call to action...entirely. This is a big fucking deal and we should all be aware how big of a blow that Apple's stance on Damus is to not only the app many of us love but freedom tech in general. With that said, I believe the most effective noise we can create is choo...
KrazzyTrukker · 138w
True... True #applesauce https://nostr.build/i/b86ee9405b8eeb1a598159849800a5791e32f881047a527683fca5d8cb7a540f.gif
OceanSlim · 138w
When that percentage of the population cares about their economic freedom, they will change it. Nothing stopping them.
beans · 138w
You are right but we haven’t found a better solution.
atyh · 138w
To build alternatives to a financial system which directs the governments and militaries of the world, you will not get the help of mega corporations who are part of the system you are subverting.
Orphan Block · 138w
That is not correct imho. They dont like posts being “boosted”. They dont have issue with p2p payments perse.