Why This Stays Free
A declaration of intent
This project will remain free. Not because it cannot be monetized. Not because it is unfinished. Not because it lacks value.
It stays free because charging for it would break what it is.
This is not a product
It does not compete. It does not optimize. It does not convert.
This project exists to define a practice, not to sell access to it.
Practices only work when they are:
- visible
- repeatable
- available to everyone
The moment access has a price, intent becomes questionable.
Trust cannot be gated by money
If honesty is behind a paywall, it is no longer honesty.
If transparency is conditional, it becomes performance.
This project deals with:
- intent
- presence
- responsibility
- change
Those things lose meaning when they are sold.
Free does not mean naive
Free does not mean open to abuse.
Free does not mean extractive.
Free does not mean unmaintained.
It means:
- no accounts
- no tracking
- no hidden incentives
- no pressure to optimize users
The cost is carried by restraint, not by users.
Standards do not charge rent
The web runs on things that are free because they must be:
- links
- declarations
- protocols
- conventions
No one pays to use a link. No one subscribes to a standard.
They work because they are there, not because they are owned.
This project is opinionated by design
It believes that:
- not everything should be automated
- not everything should be optimized
- not everything should be permanent
- not everything should be profitable
It takes a position. You are free to disagree. You are free to ignore it. You are free to implement it yourself.
That freedom is the point.
Sustainability without leverage
This project may display advertising in the future. Not to influence access. Not to shape behavior. Not to extract data.
Only to keep the lights on.
Access will never be sold.
Presence will never be ranked.
Intent will never be verified for money.
If this becomes common
That is success.
If others adopt the language, the structure, or the idea - this project does not lose. It disappears into the web, where it belongs.
This is a promise
This project will remain free because it is a boundary, not a service.
Boundaries must be visible to everyone, or they stop working.
Declared openly.Without a roadmap.Without an upgrade path.Without a catch.
Last updated: December 2024