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== The Four-Lot Distribution Model ==
== The Four-Lot Distribution Model ==
When you pay CHF 10 per year (or CHF 1 per month plus 5% annual increase), your subscription is divided into four equal parts:
When you pay CHF 10 per year (or CHF 1 per month), your subscription is divided into four equal parts:


Early Supporters
Early Supporters
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This creates a system of mutual aid where those with means voluntarily subsidize those without, because the subscription cost (CHF 10-100/year) is negligible for many but meaningful for others.
This creates a system of mutual aid where those with means voluntarily subsidize those without, because the subscription cost (CHF 10-100/year) is negligible for many but meaningful for others.


== Annual Value Growth (up to 5% per year: proposed, open question) ==
== Annual Value Growth ==
To protect early adopters and ensure sustainability, it is proposed that subscriptions could increase by up to 5% annually (5% being a maximum-cap hypothesis, not a guaranteed rate). Whether and at what rate this applies is an open question to be decided during Prototype 1:
A possible annual percentage increase is under study through a draft [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Annual Value Increase|Open Call]] (not yet launched); no percentage is decided.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Annual Subscription
! Monthly Equivalent
|-
| Year 1
| CHF 10.00
| CHF 0.83
|-
| Year 2
| CHF 10.50
| CHF 0.88
|-
| Year 3
| CHF 11.03
| CHF 0.92
|-
| Year 5
| CHF 12.76
| CHF 1.06
|-
| Year 10
| CHF 16.29
| CHF 1.36
|}
 
This modest growth ensures that subscription revenue keeps pace with operational costs without creating affordability barriers.


== The Path to Break-Even: CHF 500M in Subscriptions ==
== The Path to Break-Even: CHF 500M in Subscriptions ==