Everyone says it. Almost nobody means it. Here’s the concrete version — and how to tell the difference.
“You own your data” is only real if three things are true: it lives on hardware you (or someone you actually trust) control, nothing about it is sold or mined, and you can see, export, or delete it on demand. If any of those fails, you don’t own it — you’re renting access to your own life.
Free apps that “don’t charge you” charge you in data. Trackers, ad pixels, behavioral profiles — the product is you. The tell is always: where does the money come from?
Self-hosted by default, no telemetry, no brokers, your keys never leave your control. Read our Privacy Policy — it’s short on purpose, because we take almost nothing.