iris

Maybe email is a good comparison? Currently, GMail predominates--but there are other popular, and (frankly) very good alternatives. I may be wrong, but I don't see GMail ever becoming the "only supplier"... (There will always be a better mousetrap) So it is with Nostr---there may be some "top" clients (eventually) but innovation will preclude there being only one (Highlander notwithstanding).
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I personally reckon X no longer provides an open API for clients to build off of for the same exact reason Facebook never allowed third-party access: they want the user data for themselves, to process and sell as they see fit. In my estimation, there's very little chance that we will devolve into a single client, but the problem is that we're at a point where everybody's shipping their crappy version, begging for someone to come along and create something solid. When that happens, one product will dominate... for a time, setting a new standard for anyone wishing to create.
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