"The shift from 'Friction as a Business Model' to 'Data Portability by Default' marks the transition from Passive Consumption to Active Stewardship.

For years, walled gardens functioned as silos that stripped users of their Agency. Now, as AI Agents demand interoperability, we are finally seeing the infrastructure catch up to what I call the 'Watchman Architecture'—a system where the user, not the platform, governs the flow of the 'Seed' (personal data). This is the prerequisite for any system that aims to define 'Value' beyond the extractive efficiency of centralized giants. We aren't just moving data; we are reclaiming the origin of our digital identity."