Manifesto

What PflichtPilot does not do — and will not do. Dated. Versionable. Binding as long as this page stands.

As of: May 9, 2026

Ten things we will NEVER do

  1. We will not force your attention with notifications.

    PflichtPilot is not a push-notification system. You decide when to check in. No daily reminder emails. No “You have three open obligations” pushes. No browser notification prompts.

  2. We will not show vanity metrics that hide gaps.

    Cards like “94% done” are a trick — the missing 6% look tiny. PflichtPilot shows every gap as a gap, with date and reason. No gauges, no streaks, no confetti.

  3. We will not generate evidence with AI.

    An audit record is a human-documented event, not a generated piece of text. PflichtPilot structures what you upload — it does not write the content.

  4. We will not analyze the content of your uploaded records.

    Files are stored and structured into evidence chains per your input. No OCR indexing for ads. No content training for AI models. No automatic filtering. You stay in control of what is documented.

  5. We will not sell your data.

    Not to ad networks. Not to data brokers. Not aggregated, not “anonymized”. If PflichtPilot is ever sold, this commitment carries forward — new owners take it on in writing.

  6. We will not retroactively move existing Free features behind a paywall.

    What is in Free today stays in Free. New features may be paid — existing ones do not move up.

  7. We will not hide the cancellation path.

    Delete account: one click in the account area. Cancel subscription: one click in the Stripe portal. No phone call, no email gate, no chat funnel, no win-back dialog with three confirmation steps.

  8. We will not promise what we cannot back up.

    No “GDPR-certified” without external audit. No “audit-proof” without standards conformance. No “tamper-resistant” before v1.9.0 — that release hardens the evidence core. We describe what the software does today, not what it could ideally do.

  9. We will not embed tracking that is not named in the privacy policy.

    No Google Analytics. No Facebook Pixel. No Hotjar. No Mixpanel. If we add analytics, the service appears by name in the privacy policy — with purpose and legal basis.

  10. We will not silently change this list.

    If we have to revise a commitment, it gets an update date, a visible note, and a reason. The previous version stays versioned in the Git history.

Personal commitment

I’m building PflichtPilot because documentation gaps have frustrated me throughout my working life. The moment an auditor asks and the folder doesn’t match. The moment an insurer wants proof and it can’t be found. These moments cost — and they’re avoidable.

As long as I’m at the helm, PflichtPilot will remain an evidence continuity system. Not a task app. Not a reminder tool. Not an AI assistant. Not compliance theater. The ten points above are the lines I do not cross. If I ever do, you will read it here — dated and explained.

— Andreas Fetscher
Founder · May 9, 2026

If something here does not match

This page is versioned with the date above. If you see a contradiction with the software, write to [email protected]. A cryptographic anchor signature for this manifesto version is planned from v2.5 — until then, the Git history serves as evidence.