In 2014,
@gavofyork wrote that entrusting data to organizations is a fundamentally broken model.
The
@Web3Foundation's Hidden Price of Free research put numbers on exactly how broken.
The average American generates $6,563 in data-derived commercial value every year. None of it goes to them. The services feel free. The cost is invisible, but not absent.
What would hosting look like if the business model did not depend on knowing who is using it?
We are building the infrastructure that would make a different kind of digital future possible. One built around agency, privacy, and user control.