Aligned Apps: Software That Works For You
summary
Argues that mainstream apps harvest and monetize user data and proposes aligned apps defined by four concrete rules: open-source AGPL, local-first, privacy-preserving and a paid, sustainable business model. Describes ROKI, a portfolio-tracking/accounting app launched 2017 that stores data locally, uses modular chain decoders (EVM, Bitcoin, Substrate/Kusama/Polkadot), exports event CSVs, runs offline-ish, supports on-chain actions for EVM, and is funded by paid users; notes ~99% of VCs avoid this model.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:10Problem with modern apps
- 8:28Defining aligned apps
- 14:55Why VCs avoid aligned apps
- 19:52Costs of misaligned apps
- 22:12Alignment manifesto
- 26:24Call to adopt aligned apps
- 27:36Conclusion
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