You were there when nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft said relays only run to meet demand. And there is none. Do what you want, I learned my lesson already.
Demand is down, but this feature needs to exist either way. I built this feature because it didn't exist. It now does.
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