Ninavyoelewa, Freecycle huruhusu watu kufanya mambo zaidi yasiyo na biashara, kwa hivyo unaweza kubisha kwamba inapaswa kuongezwa kwenye saraka- inakuza tabia nzuri, isiyo na biashara. Inaruhusu watu kuwa na uwezo wa kushiriki na kutumia tena vitu, na kushiriki huku na kutumia tena kati ya watu hakuna biashara.. Lakini aina hii ya kunikumbusha Couchsurfing.com- Couchsurfing pia hufanya jambo zuri lisilo na biashara liwezekane: watu wanaweza kushiriki nafasi yao (kochi, chumba cha kulala cha ziada, chochote.) bila biashara na wengine, ili wengine wapate mahali pa kulala bila malipo. Inakuza huduma bora isiyo na biashara kati ya watu, kwa hivyo niliweza kuona ni kwa nini mtu anaweza kutaka kuongeza Couchsurfing kwenye saraka. Hata hivyo, huduma ambayo Couchsurfing hutoa si malazi bila biashara kwa watu, huduma ambayo hutoa ni tovuti ambapo watu wanaweza kuunganishwa. Na kwa bahati mbaya, tovuti hiyo haina biashara. Mara ya kwanza, waliweka matangazo kwenye tovuti yao na kukusanya data, kisha wakaanza kusukuma mpango huu wa "uthibitishaji" wa kutengeneza pesa, na sasa, wamewafungia watu nje ya akaunti zao wenyewe ikiwa hawalipi ada ya kila mwezi ili kufikia tovuti. Kwa hivyo ingawa Couchsurfing hufanya huduma nzuri isiyo na biashara iwezekane kati ya watu, shirika lenyewe halitoi huduma bila biashara. Na hivyo ndivyo saraka hii isiyo na biashara inahusu- kile ambacho mashirika haya hutoa.

Ninavyoelewa, ni hadithi sawa na Freecycle- wanaruhusu watu waweze kupeana vitu visivyo na biashara, lakini huduma wanayotoa (tovuti inayounganisha watu hawa) si ya biashara bila malipo kwa sababu inakuonyesha matangazo na kukusanya data yako.

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

Ikiwa wanataka kutoa jukwaa lisilo na biashara, basi wanapaswa kutegemea michango, lakini sio wewe kutazama matangazo yao.

Na juu ya hayo wana wafuatiliaji wengine wenye kivuli: 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.

Ingawa haiwezi kuboreshwa, baiskeli huria ni mwanzilishi bora wa ulimwengu usio na biashara na inapaswa kutambuliwa angalau kama chaguo.

Nisingeyaongeza kwenye saraka, kwa sababu yamejaa matangazo, kukusanya data kupitia google-analytics na kutangaza tovuti yao kwenye mitandao inayotegemea biashara kama vile twitter na facebook. Kwa hivyo wanataka umakini wako na data. Ikiwa ungependa kutoa mtandao ambapo watu wanaweza kutoa na kupata vitu bila malipo, tafadhali fanya hivyo tu. Usikusanye data, usiweke matangazo au utangaze huduma zinazotegemea biashara. Najua inaweza kuwa gumu kudumisha tovuti, lakini kisha utegemee michango pekee - vinginevyo uko kwenye mteremko unaoteleza na hivi karibuni watu watalazimika kuthibitisha akaunti zao au kulipa kiasi kidogo cha pesa kwa kutumia tovuti yako kama vile kuvinjari kwenye kitanda...