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The protocol notes that the relay has a choice to accept content, for example a large video. If you were running a relay you might want scanners for spam and illegal content running out front before relaying any content.

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It's only recommended that you store json and text on relays. It's a text protocol, not a protocol for storing large binary data. Note sizes are restricted as well on most relays.

Usenet is fundamentally text-only. In fact messages need to be 7-bit safe. It's still been a place to distribute binary content for decades.

If I can store multiple messages on a relay I can distribute arbitrary files. So being text-only doesn't really limit anything.

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