Te kaminda mi ta komprondé, Freecycle ta permití hende hasi mas kos liber di komersio, pues bo por argumentá ku e mester wòrdu agregá na e direktorio- e ta promové bon komportashon, liber di komersio. E ta permití hende pa por kompartí i re-usá kosnan, i e kompartí i re-usá aki entre hende ta liber di interkambio. Pero esaki ta kòrda mi riba Couchsurfing.com- Couchsurfing tambe ta hasi un bon kos sin komersio posibel: hende por kompartí nan espasio (sofá, kamber di reserva, loke sea.) sin komersio ku otronan, di manera ku otronan tin un lugá liber pa drumi. E ta promové un servisio grandi sin interkambio entre hende, pa mi por a mira dikon un hende por ke agregá Couchsurfing na e direktorio. Sinembargo, e servisio ku Couchsurfing ta duna no ta akohida liber di interkambio pa hende, e servisio ku e ta duna ta un wèpsait kaminda hende por konektá ku otro. I lamentablemente, e wèpsait ei no ta liber di komersio. Na promé instante, nan a pone propaganda riba nan wèpsait i a rekohé dato, despues nan a kuminsá pusha e skema di gana plaka di “verifikashon” aki, i awor, nan a sera hende for di nan mes kuenta si nan no paga un tarifa mensual pa akseso na e wèpsait. Pues ounke Couchsurfing ta hasi un bon servisio liber di interkambio posibel entre hende, e organisashon mes no ta ofresé un servisio liber di interkambio. I esei ta loke e direktorio liber di komersio aki ta trata- loke e organisashonnan aki ta ofresé.

Te kaminda mi ta komprondé, e ta un tipo di e mesun historia ku Freecycle- nan ta permití hende pa por ofresé kosnan liber di komersio na otro, pero e servisio ku nan ta proveé ​​(un wèpsait ku ta konektá e hendenan aki) no ta realmente liber di komersio pasobra e ta mustra bo propaganda i ta rekohé bo datonan.

Youtube posts ads next to videos and collects people’s data. One can see that as still ok since “all websites collect data” and that many websites post ads to maybe “support” themselves. However this does not make them trade-free. You have to trade your attention and data in order to access Youtube. There is no other way. Youtube won’t let you use their service without these trades. Freecycle is the same in the sense that no one can disable their ads or stop them from collecting people’s data. Thus, you HAVE to trade your attention and data to Freecycle. There is no other way that you can use their service. So, it makes this service NOT trade-free. Regardless of why they have ads on their website or collect data, for me it is not trade-free.

But I consider this anything but trade-free: https://www.directory.trade-free.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Pasted-4.jpg – I understand if they lack funding, but that does not mean to put ads into their website if they want to provide a genuine platform for people to share stuff. It’s like duckduckgo saying that it’s trade-free. Yes they do not collect your data, but they also put some ads in their search: https://www.directory.trade-free.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Pasted-4.png

Si nan ke proveé ​​un plataforma liber di interkambio, e ora ei nan mester dependé riba donashonnan, pero no riba bo pa wak nan propaganda.

I riba dje nan tin algun tracker seriamente skur: https://www.directory.trade-free.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Pasted-5.png

Freecycle is a pioneer in enabling people to gift to each other. Almost all websites collect our data and it would be best if they didn’t but that is no reason to completely reject them as a trade-free network. Adds are one of the only forms people can get funding for providing services at no cost, it is best if we can avoid them but they aren’t a good enough reason to reject a TFnetwork.

Aunke por mehorá, freecycle ta un pionero ekselente di un mundu liber di komersio i mester wòrdu rekonosé por lo ménos komo un opshon.

Mi no ta agregá nan na e direktorio, pasobra nan ta yen di propaganda, ta rekohé dato via google-analytics i ta promové nan wèpsait riba retnan basá riba komersio manera twitter i facebook. Pues nan ke bo atenshon i dato. Si bo ke proveé ​​un ret kaminda hende por duna i haña kos grátis, por fabor djis hasi esei. No rekohé dato, no pone propaganda òf promové servisio basá riba komersio. Mi sa ku e por ta difísil pa mantené e wèpsait, pero despues dependé riba donashonnan so – sino bo ta riba un pista slip i tardi òf trempan hende lo mester verifiká nan kuentanan òf paga un kantidat chikitu di plaka pa usa bo wèpsait manera den kaso di couchsurfing...