Imagining an Ethical Web

What would a manifesto for building ethical websites look like? I’ve thought about seven items so far: 

1. Empowerment over Enslavement: Remove the use of dark patterns to hook the user into doing less and becoming the product.
   Examples: remove misleading newsletter registration settings, inform about addictive behaviors
2. Community-first: Support the development of strong sustainable bonds between the users rather than ephemeral relationships. Use competition sporadically to inspire and create excitement.
   Examples: add the possibility for users to interact with each other and outgrow the limits of the platform they are in, remove implicit power statuses
3. Substance over Virality: Time is limited. Tech companies should be more mindful of that and actually deliver more signal than noise to their users.
   Example: change propagation algorithms to actually reflect the interests of the user rather than what is viral (looking at you Facebook and Youtube)
4. Privacy-focused: Ensure a strong emphasis on ethical privacy and data policies, in the best interests of your users.
   Examples: don’t sell data to third parties, don’t extract data you don’t need to serve your users 
5. Business transparency: Clearly and publicly state your business metrics and objectives. Develop systems for public accountability.
   Example: Open Startup Movement
6. Offline-first: Reduce your website’s energy consumption by implementing offline-first principles.
   Example: Progressive Web Apps
7. Green hosting: Use web servers and cloud solutions powered by renewable energy.
   Examples: A2Hosting, GreenGeeks

N.B: A philosophical question to answer later: Does every app deserve to be built?