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I haven't looked at how the new SimpleXs relayer servers are working and how many of them are out there, but If you just use SimpleX in the default setting (where everybody just uses the companies' default servers), them SimpleX is worse than NIP-17. Tracking by IP breaks all privacy. If everybody uses the same servers, all metadata is known by the company.
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Too bad for people with "default settings".
With the preconfigured relays in Amethyst I don't know which ones are all run by the same entity either.
People with default settings are 95% of the users. You are not improving privacy if you ignore 95% of your users.
We ask users to define a DM relay by themselves via popups and in the relay list. This will be even more front and center in the future.
Last time I saw it, setting up a Nostr DM relay is a lot easier than setting up a SimpleX relay for myself.
The simple fact that Amethyst does not run a DM relay already makes us better than SimpleX. There is no single point of failure that a court order could target to break people's privacy.
