ShieldChats: Pricing & Ethics

ShieldChats is offered at $4.99 per month.

This price is not arbitrary. It exists to align incentives correctly. ShieldChats does not run advertisements, sell data, monetize behavioral analytics, or depend on engagement-based growth.

When users pay directly, the product’s success depends on protecting them — not exploiting them.

What the Subscription Supports

• Infrastructure designed to minimize metadata retention
• Modern cryptography with conservative defaults
• No identity requirements (no phone numbers, emails, or accounts)
• Abuse-resistant architecture without invasive surveillance
• Long-term maintenance without data monetization

What We Deliberately Exclude

ShieldChats does not include attachments, voice calls, or video calls at launch. These omissions are intentional.

• Attachments dramatically increase metadata risk
• Real-time calls expand attack surface and infrastructure complexity
• Feature restraint improves long-term security and reliability

These features may be introduced later only if they can be implemented without compromising ShieldChats’ privacy guarantees.

Ethics as an Ongoing Constraint

ShieldChats is not designed to maximize daily active users, session length, or virality. It is designed to be predictable, boring, and reliable — qualities that matter when privacy is at stake.