docs: clarify privacy-first Cloud model, drop managed hosting, add origins

- Add "Why LibrePortal" (privacy motivation) and "Acknowledgments"
  (built from scratch since 2023, inspired by bmcgonag/docker_installs)
- Reframe LibrePortal Cloud with the plain-English "courier with a sealed
  box" model: we only handle encrypted data, keys stay with the user
- Drop "Managed hosting — we run LibrePortal for you"
- Update Support to free community + optional paid priority

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: librelad <librelad@digitalangels.vip>

PROMISE.md

@@ -17,13 +17,16 @@ If you self-host LibrePortal, you get everything. No asterisks.
 
 Building and maintaining this takes real work, and we want to do it
 sustainably — without betraying a word of the above. So we charge only for
-things that **aren't the software**:
+things that **aren't the software** — and only for services we can run
+*without ever needing to see your data*:
 
-- **LibrePortal Cloud** — optional hosted services we run for you: remote
+- **LibrePortal Cloud** — optional services for the tricky parts, like reaching
-  access (no port-forwarding), off-site encrypted backups, a free subdomain
+  your server from your phone or keeping off-site backups. We work like a
-  with automatic HTTPS, phone notifications, and more.
+  courier carrying a sealed box: we move and store your data, but it stays
-- **Managed hosting** — we run LibrePortal for you, if you'd rather not.
+  locked and *you* hold the only key — we can't open it, and we never run your
-- **Support** — priority help for those who want it.
+  apps for you.
+- **Support** — free community help, plus optional paid priority support for
+  those who want guaranteed fast answers.
 
 ## The line we will not cross
 

README.md

@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ it all.
 
 > ⚠️ **v0.1.0 — early days.** Expect rough edges while things settle.
 
+## Why LibrePortal
+
+Too many services today treat your data as theirs to take — quietly
+overstepping boundaries that should never have been crossed. LibrePortal grew
+out of frustration with that: it's a way to run the apps you depend on on
+your own server, where your data stays yours. Privacy here isn't a feature to
+toggle — it's the whole point.
+
 ## Free & open — forever
 
 The entire platform is **free software under the [GNU AGPLv3](LICENSE)**.
@@ -33,17 +41,28 @@ cd LibrePortal
 
 ## LibrePortal Cloud (optional)
 
-Self-hosting is free and complete. If you'd rather not run the fiddly parts
+Self-hosting is free and complete. If you'd rather not fiddle with the tricky
-yourself, **LibrePortal Cloud** offers them as paid, hosted services — remote
+parts — like reaching your server from your phone, or keeping off-site backups
-access, off-site backups, notifications, and more. **Every one has a free,
+— LibrePortal Cloud will handle them for you. Here's the catch that makes us
-self-hostable equivalent in this repo** — you pay for convenience, never to
+different: we work like a **courier carrying a sealed box.** We move your data
-unlock. [Our Promise](PROMISE.md) spells out exactly where that line sits.
+between your devices and store backup copies, but it stays locked and *you*
+hold the only key — we can't open it, and we never run your apps for you.
+**Everything we offer, you can also set up yourself for free.**
+[Our Promise](PROMISE.md) spells out exactly where that line sits.
 
 ## Contributing
 
 PRs welcome — see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md). We use a lightweight
 DCO sign-off (`git commit -s`), no CLA.
 
+## Acknowledgments
+
+LibrePortal has been built from scratch since 2023. Its spark of inspiration
+was a small installer script from Brian McGonagill (`OpenSourceIsAwesome`):
+[gitlab.com/bmcgonag/docker_installs](https://gitlab.com/bmcgonag/docker_installs).
+From that seed it grew start to finish — refined, extended, and refactored
+into the platform it is today.
+
 ## License
 
 [GNU AGPLv3](LICENSE). What's open stays open.