diff --git a/rfcs/nonextraction.md b/rfcs/nonextraction.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c72b559 --- /dev/null +++ b/rfcs/nonextraction.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +--- +slug: nonextraction +title: Non-Extraction +state: super-draft +id: null +repo: null +proposed_by: ben.stull@wiggleverse.org +proposed_at: '2026-06-01' +graduated_at: null +graduated_by: null +owners: +- ben.stull +arbiters: [] +tags: +- ethics +--- + +A platform may need to capture value to survive, but the moment it sustains itself by extracting from the very Humans it serves, it has betrayed them. This RFC defines Non-Extraction as the structural commitment that separates this platform from the Shopify-style model of referral fees, payment markups, and sponsored placement. It is the load-bearing claim behind 'better for owners and customers,' and it makes that claim checkable rather than rhetorical. +