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The APRO question addresses the problem for the user or for the protocol more than it sounds simple, but in fact it touches on the 'middle ground' that APRO is standing on.
If forced to choose an absolute side, the answer can easily fall into extremism. But if we look closely at how APRO is designed, I think their essence is not to take sides, but to solve a problem that both the user and the protocol are facing, just on two different levels.
First of all, if looking from the surface, APRO looks like a product 'for the user'.
They talk a lot about capital efficiency, reducing attention costs, limiting risks, and avoiding the need for users to make continuous decisions to protect their assets. These are all very real pains of DeFi users after many cycles.
Most users do not fail due to a lack of knowledge, but because the system forces them to act like full-time traders. APRO seeks to relieve that pressure, allowing users to utilize capital in a less stressful way.
At the experience level, it is clear that APRO is solving problems for the user.
But if we stop here, we will miss a deeper layer.
Because the problems that users face in DeFi actually do not arise from the users, but from the way the protocol is designed and optimized.
Users must constantly monitor because the protocol is fragile.
Users must rotate capital because the protocol depends on incentives.
Users must accept difficult-to-understand risks because the protocol conceals or mixes risks.
APRO understands that if it only 'wraps' the user experience without addressing the root causes at the protocol layer, then any improvements will only be temporary.
At this level, APRO is solving many problems for the protocol.
They present an alternative approach to capital efficiency, where capital is not locked tightly, not pulled back by short-term rewards, and not forced to go through too many fragile intermediaries.
This helps the protocol reduce the pressure to maintain TVL at all costs, decrease the need to issue tokens continuously, and reduce the risk of capital 'coming and going'.
For a protocol, this is an extremely large benefit, even if it is not immediately reflected in a surge in user numbers.
A very important point is that APRO is addressing the long-standing conflict of interest between the user and the protocol.
In many DeFi models, the protocol optimizes for itself by pulling TVL and growing rapidly, while users are pushed into a position of having to accept high risks or unsustainable behaviors.
Conversely, if the protocol indulges the user in an absolutely conservative manner, the system becomes difficult to scale and economically unsustainable.
APRO tries to design a structure where both sides are no longer in direct confrontation. When capital is used more efficiently and risks are better controlled, the protocol does not need to force the user to act 'correctly' through incentives, and the user does not need to constantly find ways to escape ahead of others.
If considering the level of 'directness', APRO may be solving problems for the protocol more than for the user.
Because users often only perceive indirect benefits: less stress, fewer actions, and fewer hidden risks.
Meanwhile, the protocol directly benefits from a more stable capital flow structure, more predictable user behavior, and a system that is less shocked when market conditions change.
But this stability in turn protects the user in the long term.
An interesting point is that APRO does not seek to 'please' the user in the emotional sense.
They do not create a sense of superior yield, do not stimulate FOMO behavior, and do not make the user the center of the narrative.
This makes many people feel that APRO is 'not for the user'. But if we understand the user in a broader sense – those who want to use DeFi as a financial tool rather than a game – then APRO is very close to them.
They only do not serve the loudest type of user, but serve the most sustainable type of user.
On the contrary, APRO also does not solve problems for the protocol in a way that 'maximizes protocol benefits'.
They do not build overly rigid exclusive moats, do not lock up capital tightly, and do not design the system for the protocol to win in all scenarios while the user bears the loss.
APRO understands that if the protocol wins but the user loses trust, then that is not a real win.
Therefore, even while addressing many issues at the protocol layer, APRO still maintains a quite user-centric philosophy at the value level.
It can be said that APRO is solving problems for the system, rather than separating the user and the protocol.
But if forced to weigh the scales, I would say this: APRO solves problems for the protocol so that the user does not have to bear the consequences.
They do not start by asking what users want, but by asking: why do users always find themselves at a disadvantage in DeFi? And the answer lies in the structure of the protocol.
That is why, APRO is easily misunderstood as 'biased towards the protocol' or 'too technical'.
But in reality, this is the only way to solve the user problem sustainably. Any solutions focused solely on UI, UX, or incentives will ultimately revert to the starting point if the underlying protocol is still optimizing the wrong goals.
If looking long-term, APRO is betting that DeFi will not be able to continue to develop if the user and the protocol remain in opposition.
They are trying to build an intermediary layer where the interests of both sides begin to converge. This does not bring quick recognition from the market, as it does not create an enticing story of 'user growth' or 'TVL explosion'.
But if successful, this is the type of solution that both the user and the protocol only truly recognize its value when they have become accustomed to its existence.
Therefore, to answer the question fairly:
APRO does not solve problems for the user more than for the protocol, nor vice versa.
They solve the problems of the protocol so that the user does not have to bear the consequences, and solve the problems of the user by fixing the structure that the protocol is operating under.
In an ecosystem where both sides are often placed in opposition, choosing this approach can be slow, difficult to understand, and less celebrated.
But precisely because of this, it has the potential to exist much longer than solutions that only stand on one side.
