You're correct in that this is how it works - but my little family instance has three huge relays connected and the extra processing and storage requirements are easily handled even when self-hosting.
All instances should use relays just because of the problems you mention.
Troed Sångberg
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2025-02-19 15:33:38 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…jfyp
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