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Manifesto: Trust & Share

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Everyone loves free, but everyone also values beauty, intelligence, and meaning. Now is the time to decide: Do you want something free but unsustainable, uncreative, and without value? Or will you step forward, take responsibility, and help build something beautiful, meaningful, and financially sustainable? Other than the natural resources gifted to us by God, there is no such thing as "free and good" in the human-made economic system. To achieve what we truly want, we must put in the effort and take responsibility for creating it.

Don’t forget this: If something is free, you are the product. When you don’t pay, your data, your attention, and your value are sold to someone else for profit. We reject this. Instead, we believe in creating a system where we, the community, can own and benefit from what we create together.

Our platform, Colors with You, is open source—but not free. Instead, we invite you to create value with us. Through Trust and Share points, you can contribute, collaborate, and grow alongside the platform. You can make the product free for yourself by creating value, starting from scratch, and building something meaningful. But we aim for more than that. In the long term, we want to share the income generated with the community, based on Trust and Share points. Those with higher points will receive a greater share, because we believe that those who contribute more value deserve a larger reward.

We commit to full transparency. Every cost, every subscriber, every dollar earned will be visible. Your contributions will fuel the platform, and the profits will be reinvested into the product, shared with the community, used to spark new startups, and support the ability to dedicate ourselves fully to this vision. We trust you, and we share everything with you.

At the same time, we understand that not everyone can be equally active. Each person has different availabilities, motivations, and priorities. That’s why the pricing model is not a burden or a punishment—it’s a chance to contribute. By paying a fee, you’re not just using a product; you’re supporting a community-driven, transparent movement. Whether you contribute financially, through your efforts, or both, every contribution matters. This is about building something meaningful together, empowering everyone involved, and ensuring fairness for all.

Equilibrium does not always mean justice. If one person works hard and creates value while another simply utilizes that value without contributing, that is not justice—it is injustice. This is why we created the Trust and Share points-based pricing model: to ensure fairness. Those who contribute more, who create value, will benefit more. This is not about penalizing anyone, but about rewarding effort and ensuring that everyone takes responsibility for the platform’s success.

This journey is about more than just building a color management tool. Colors with You is an example of a new kind of business model—one that offers an alternative to the profit-driven systems of big corporations. We know this is not easy. We are aware that we are alone and helpless if we do not unite. And we also know the reason we fail to unite: we do not trust each other, and that lack of trust stops us from sharing. This is the real problem.

In today’s world, data is the most valuable asset. If we collaborate, we can generate valuable data together and monetize it—not for someone else’s profit, but for ourselves. With full respect for privacy and laws, we can anonymize the data of our community to ensure that no individual’s information is shared or exposed without their explicit consent. This way, we can become data creators for ourselves, ethically and transparently, and use that value to reinvest in our product and our community.

Our solution is built on transparency and the Trust and Share points system. By being open about everything—our costs, revenue, and decisions—and by rewarding those who contribute, we aim to rebuild trust and foster true collaboration. Together, we can create something that is not only fair but also sustainable and empowering for everyone involved.

As the founder, I want to be fully transparent about my expectations. Currently, I am financing this project from my personal income, earned through a full-time job. This comes with certain limitations, including privacy concerns, which is why I prefer not to expose my identity at this stage. My first goal is to achieve financial freedom through this platform—enough to sustain my current lifestyle and dedicate myself fully to this vision.

But this is not just about me. I believe in shared decision-making. As the platform grows, I want to take decisions together with the community, especially with those who have earned high Trust and Share points. These members will have a stronger voice in shaping the platform’s future, ensuring that it evolves in a way that reflects the values and contributions of its most dedicated users.

We are not here to be needy or to chase endless wealth. At the end of the day, we will not eat gold. What matters is creating something meaningful—something that empowers us to live with dignity, to create freely, and to share fairly. Together, we can build a platform that not only sustains itself but also creates opportunities for everyone involved.

This is about trust, passion, and ambition. Let’s prove that collaboration and financial power can coexist. Let’s come together to build something bigger than ourselves—something meaningful, something that benefits us all. Let’s create a future where we thrive, live purposefully, and leave a lasting impact.

Trust & Share.

P.S. The details of our business model, voting mechanisms, profit-sharing, and community-related decisions will be discussed openly in our Discord community. We invite you to join us there, share your ideas, and help shape the future of Colors with You. Let’s collaborate and build something extraordinary together.

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