#tradefree — Public Fediverse posts

Some TROM Updates:

We likely fixed the Friendica crash and downtimes. For the past weeks our TROM Social could become so slow to load that it won't load anymore. We allocated more resources to the instance and so far seems to work great with no downtimes.

We fixed the issue with Peertube not sending emails to Gmail or other big email providers. When users made accounts with these email providers they wouldn't even get an email to confirm the account. Now it seems to work. And so is for our Friendica and Nextcloud instances that were suffering from the same plague.

We released a new TROMjaro yesterday - just updates.

Finally we are testing a Pixelfed instance. :) Another tool for our TROM.tf services!

Would be great if we got more financial support for all of this work. If you can please see this tromsite.com/donate/

Thanks!

#fediverse #opensource #instances #friendica #peertube #nextcloud #pixelfed #trom #tromtf #trade-free #tromsite

Some TROM Updates:

We likely fixed the Friendica crash and downtimes. For the past weeks our TROM Social could become so slow to load that it won't load anymore. We allocated more resources to the instance and so far seems to work great with no downtimes.

We fixed the issue with Peertube not sending emails to Gmail or other big email providers. When users made accounts with these email providers they wouldn't even get an email to confirm the account. Now it seems to work. And so is for our Friendica and Nextcloud instances that were suffering from the same plague.

We released a new TROMjaro yesterday - just updates.

Finally we are testing a Pixelfed instance. :) Another tool for our TROM.tf services!

Would be great if we got more financial support for all of this work. If you can please see this tromsite.com/donate/

Thanks!

#fediverse #opensource #instances #friendica #peertube #nextcloud #pixelfed #trom #tromtf #trade-free #tromsite

Some TROM Updates:

We likely fixed the Friendica crash and downtimes. For the past weeks our TROM Social could become so slow to load that it won't load anymore. We allocated more resources to the instance and so far seems to work great with no downtimes.

We fixed the issue with Peertube not sending emails to Gmail or other big email providers. When users made accounts with these email providers they wouldn't even get an email to confirm the account. Now it seems to work. And so is for our Friendica and Nextcloud instances that were suffering from the same plague.

We released a new TROMjaro yesterday - just updates.

Finally we are testing a Pixelfed instance. :) Another tool for our TROM.tf services!

Would be great if we got more financial support for all of this work. If you can please see this tromsite.com/donate/

Thanks!

#fediverse #opensource #instances #friendica #peertube #nextcloud #pixelfed #trom #tromtf #trade-free #tromsite

Some TROM Updates:

We likely fixed the Friendica crash and downtimes. For the past weeks our TROM Social could become so slow to load that it won't load anymore. We allocated more resources to the instance and so far seems to work great with no downtimes.

We fixed the issue with Peertube not sending emails to Gmail or other big email providers. When users made accounts with these email providers they wouldn't even get an email to confirm the account. Now it seems to work. And so is for our Friendica and Nextcloud instances that were suffering from the same plague.

We released a new TROMjaro yesterday - just updates.

Finally we are testing a Pixelfed instance. :) Another tool for our TROM.tf services!

Would be great if we got more financial support for all of this work. If you can please see this tromsite.com/donate/

Thanks!

#fediverse #opensource #instances #friendica #peertube #nextcloud #pixelfed #trom #tromtf #trade-free #tromsite

TROM News is BACK!!!

Here it is news.tromsite.com/

We live in a world of misinformation and AI-slop, so it is harder than ever to know who to trust, what is real, what is exaggerated, what is propaganda or what is a commercial.

Over the past years we gathered a lot of trustworthy news sources around TROM, sources that are often used for our TROM materials or discovered via them. And so we compiled a list of the best, use their RSS feeds, and automatically pull them in one place. We focus on news from Science, Technology, Health, Society and Environment.

We try to make sure this is not a blind and overwhelming list of news, but a varied and relevant one. At times we may delete some sources/news if the news stream becomes too crowded.

Another huge advantage of this project is that it acts as a curated search engine. In time we will gather many thousands of news items therefore expanding the usability of the search engine.

On top of the news we also pull feeds from some interesting Youtube channels that are science/tech oriented.

#news #trade-free #environment #science #tech #technology #health

TROM News is BACK!!!

Here it is news.tromsite.com/

We live in a world of misinformation and AI-slop, so it is harder than ever to know who to trust, what is real, what is exaggerated, what is propaganda or what is a commercial.

Over the past years we gathered a lot of trustworthy news sources around TROM, sources that are often used for our TROM materials or discovered via them. And so we compiled a list of the best, use their RSS feeds, and automatically pull them in one place. We focus on news from Science, Technology, Health, Society and Environment.

We try to make sure this is not a blind and overwhelming list of news, but a varied and relevant one. At times we may delete some sources/news if the news stream becomes too crowded.

Another huge advantage of this project is that it acts as a curated search engine. In time we will gather many thousands of news items therefore expanding the usability of the search engine.

On top of the news we also pull feeds from some interesting Youtube channels that are science/tech oriented.

#news #trade-free #environment #science #tech #technology #health

TROM News is BACK!!!

Here it is news.tromsite.com/

We live in a world of misinformation and AI-slop, so it is harder than ever to know who to trust, what is real, what is exaggerated, what is propaganda or what is a commercial.

Over the past years we gathered a lot of trustworthy news sources around TROM, sources that are often used for our TROM materials or discovered via them. And so we compiled a list of the best, use their RSS feeds, and automatically pull them in one place. We focus on news from Science, Technology, Health, Society and Environment.

We try to make sure this is not a blind and overwhelming list of news, but a varied and relevant one. At times we may delete some sources/news if the news stream becomes too crowded.

Another huge advantage of this project is that it acts as a curated search engine. In time we will gather many thousands of news items therefore expanding the usability of the search engine.

On top of the news we also pull feeds from some interesting Youtube channels that are science/tech oriented.

#news #trade-free #environment #science #tech #technology #health

TROM News is BACK!!!

Here it is news.tromsite.com/

We live in a world of misinformation and AI-slop, so it is harder than ever to know who to trust, what is real, what is exaggerated, what is propaganda or what is a commercial.

Over the past years we gathered a lot of trustworthy news sources around TROM, sources that are often used for our TROM materials or discovered via them. And so we compiled a list of the best, use their RSS feeds, and automatically pull them in one place. We focus on news from Science, Technology, Health, Society and Environment.

We try to make sure this is not a blind and overwhelming list of news, but a varied and relevant one. At times we may delete some sources/news if the news stream becomes too crowded.

Another huge advantage of this project is that it acts as a curated search engine. In time we will gather many thousands of news items therefore expanding the usability of the search engine.

On top of the news we also pull feeds from some interesting Youtube channels that are science/tech oriented.

#news #trade-free #environment #science #tech #technology #health

For the past few releases our TROMjaro ISO would not boot into the live environment on real hardware. It was a Manjaro ISO that they finally fixed. So we just released a working ISO. Grab it from here forum.tromjaro.com/t/tromjaro-…

TROMjaro is already 6-7 years old. Stable, fast, based on #xfce and #manjarostable. With unique features - see the website www.tromjaro.com/

#linux #foss #opensource #trade-free #manjaro #arch

For the past few releases our TROMjaro ISO would not boot into the live environment on real hardware. It was a Manjaro ISO that they finally fixed. So we just released a working ISO. Grab it from here forum.tromjaro.com/t/tromjaro-…

TROMjaro is already 6-7 years old. Stable, fast, based on #xfce and #manjarostable. With unique features - see the website www.tromjaro.com/

#linux #foss #opensource #trade-free #manjaro #arch

For the past few releases our TROMjaro ISO would not boot into the live environment on real hardware. It was a Manjaro ISO that they finally fixed. So we just released a working ISO. Grab it from here forum.tromjaro.com/t/tromjaro-…

TROMjaro is already 6-7 years old. Stable, fast, based on #xfce and #manjarostable. With unique features - see the website www.tromjaro.com/

#linux #foss #opensource #trade-free #manjaro #arch

For the past few releases our TROMjaro ISO would not boot into the live environment on real hardware. It was a Manjaro ISO that they finally fixed. So we just released a working ISO. Grab it from here forum.tromjaro.com/t/tromjaro-…

TROMjaro is already 6-7 years old. Stable, fast, based on #xfce and #manjarostable. With unique features - see the website www.tromjaro.com/

#linux #foss #opensource #trade-free #manjaro #arch

Perhaps instead of #ageverfication nonsense, those who want to protect the children should look at why these platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Youtube and the like are "bad" for them and everyone else.

Here's why:

They are TRADING PLATFORMS. Not video hosting platforms, not social networks. NO. People have to trade their attention (watch ads), data, or currency to use these platforms who make over 90% or more of their profits from these trades. Is like calling a Mall a Social Gathering Event Hall. It is not!

At least they should force these platforms to be renamed/re-labeled.

And you know what else? The harm/addiction of these platforms is not solely their incentive to make people trade more (more ads, more data trading, etc.) to keep them on the platforms is the fact that in this society pretty much everyone has a shitty meaningless life. If people were to be taken care of, and not have to trade all of their lives in a boring and stupid job, with them being worth only when they consume, then smarter and relaxed humans would give 0 fucks about these platforms.

When you are out and about, with friends, are not stressed about how to pay for your life, then why do you give much of a shit to post and scroll on these silly platforms?

How come I do not give a flying fuck about these platforms and what people post on them? Because I am busy with more relevant shit!

SO.

Wanna change something?

REPLACE.

Replace these trading platforms with trade-free ones like Friendica, Peertube and the like. If you are a government, support them!

Replace the meaningless life of most people with meaningful ones. Give people their basic needs as trade-free. Via an UBI or trade-free basic services. This way you don't even have to support those trade-free platforms. People will! The same people who do it now, but who also have to struggle to have a day job in order to keep their work on these platforms going. Imagine having millions of people able to get involved and change this world!

Free people from the Trade-Society!

This way you don't even have to fight with these big corporations. Let them fade out! Let them die.

#facebook #tiktok #TradeRuinsEverything #money #tromsite #trom #capitalism #youtube #trade-free

Perhaps instead of #ageverfication nonsense, those who want to protect the children should look at why these platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Youtube and the like are "bad" for them and everyone else.

Here's why:

They are TRADING PLATFORMS. Not video hosting platforms, not social networks. NO. People have to trade their attention (watch ads), data, or currency to use these platforms who make over 90% or more of their profits from these trades. Is like calling a Mall a Social Gathering Event Hall. It is not!

At least they should force these platforms to be renamed/re-labeled.

And you know what else? The harm/addiction of these platforms is not solely their incentive to make people trade more (more ads, more data trading, etc.) to keep them on the platforms is the fact that in this society pretty much everyone has a shitty meaningless life. If people were to be taken care of, and not have to trade all of their lives in a boring and stupid job, with them being worth only when they consume, then smarter and relaxed humans would give 0 fucks about these platforms.

When you are out and about, with friends, are not stressed about how to pay for your life, then why do you give much of a shit to post and scroll on these silly platforms?

How come I do not give a flying fuck about these platforms and what people post on them? Because I am busy with more relevant shit!

SO.

Wanna change something?

REPLACE.

Replace these trading platforms with trade-free ones like Friendica, Peertube and the like. If you are a government, support them!

Replace the meaningless life of most people with meaningful ones. Give people their basic needs as trade-free. Via an UBI or trade-free basic services. This way you don't even have to support those trade-free platforms. People will! The same people who do it now, but who also have to struggle to have a day job in order to keep their work on these platforms going. Imagine having millions of people able to get involved and change this world!

Free people from the Trade-Society!

This way you don't even have to fight with these big corporations. Let them fade out! Let them die.

#facebook #tiktok #TradeRuinsEverything #money #tromsite #trom #capitalism #youtube #trade-free

Perhaps instead of #ageverfication nonsense, those who want to protect the children should look at why these platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Youtube and the like are "bad" for them and everyone else.

Here's why:

They are TRADING PLATFORMS. Not video hosting platforms, not social networks. NO. People have to trade their attention (watch ads), data, or currency to use these platforms who make over 90% or more of their profits from these trades. Is like calling a Mall a Social Gathering Event Hall. It is not!

At least they should force these platforms to be renamed/re-labeled.

And you know what else? The harm/addiction of these platforms is not solely their incentive to make people trade more (more ads, more data trading, etc.) to keep them on the platforms is the fact that in this society pretty much everyone has a shitty meaningless life. If people were to be taken care of, and not have to trade all of their lives in a boring and stupid job, with them being worth only when they consume, then smarter and relaxed humans would give 0 fucks about these platforms.

When you are out and about, with friends, are not stressed about how to pay for your life, then why do you give much of a shit to post and scroll on these silly platforms?

How come I do not give a flying fuck about these platforms and what people post on them? Because I am busy with more relevant shit!

SO.

Wanna change something?

REPLACE.

Replace these trading platforms with trade-free ones like Friendica, Peertube and the like. If you are a government, support them!

Replace the meaningless life of most people with meaningful ones. Give people their basic needs as trade-free. Via an UBI or trade-free basic services. This way you don't even have to support those trade-free platforms. People will! The same people who do it now, but who also have to struggle to have a day job in order to keep their work on these platforms going. Imagine having millions of people able to get involved and change this world!

Free people from the Trade-Society!

This way you don't even have to fight with these big corporations. Let them fade out! Let them die.

#facebook #tiktok #TradeRuinsEverything #money #tromsite #trom #capitalism #youtube #trade-free

Perhaps instead of #ageverfication nonsense, those who want to protect the children should look at why these platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Youtube and the like are "bad" for them and everyone else.

Here's why:

They are TRADING PLATFORMS. Not video hosting platforms, not social networks. NO. People have to trade their attention (watch ads), data, or currency to use these platforms who make over 90% or more of their profits from these trades. Is like calling a Mall a Social Gathering Event Hall. It is not!

At least they should force these platforms to be renamed/re-labeled.

And you know what else? The harm/addiction of these platforms is not solely their incentive to make people trade more (more ads, more data trading, etc.) to keep them on the platforms is the fact that in this society pretty much everyone has a shitty meaningless life. If people were to be taken care of, and not have to trade all of their lives in a boring and stupid job, with them being worth only when they consume, then smarter and relaxed humans would give 0 fucks about these platforms.

When you are out and about, with friends, are not stressed about how to pay for your life, then why do you give much of a shit to post and scroll on these silly platforms?

How come I do not give a flying fuck about these platforms and what people post on them? Because I am busy with more relevant shit!

SO.

Wanna change something?

REPLACE.

Replace these trading platforms with trade-free ones like Friendica, Peertube and the like. If you are a government, support them!

Replace the meaningless life of most people with meaningful ones. Give people their basic needs as trade-free. Via an UBI or trade-free basic services. This way you don't even have to support those trade-free platforms. People will! The same people who do it now, but who also have to struggle to have a day job in order to keep their work on these platforms going. Imagine having millions of people able to get involved and change this world!

Free people from the Trade-Society!

This way you don't even have to fight with these big corporations. Let them fade out! Let them die.

#facebook #tiktok #TradeRuinsEverything #money #tromsite #trom #capitalism #youtube #trade-free

Harrys Haft's unspeakable fight

https://venera.social/display/85a863ed-146a-5a7d-2350-7a0086981850

@Catha @EUCommission there are so many problems out there and I think it is relevant and necessary to talk about trade. As long as we base our society on this mechanism, it is like monopoly and and we see problems everywhere.

We need more #trade-free goods & services and the #EU can fund those people who do amazing work and without that, our society would collapse: directory.trade-free.org/

@Catha @EUCommission there are so many problems out there and I think it is relevant and necessary to talk about trade. As long as we base our society on this mechanism, it is like monopoly and and we see problems everywhere.

We need more #trade-free goods & services and the #EU can fund those people who do amazing work and without that, our society would collapse: directory.trade-free.org/

@Catha @EUCommission there are so many problems out there and I think it is relevant and necessary to talk about trade. As long as we base our society on this mechanism, it is like monopoly and and we see problems everywhere.

We need more #trade-free goods & services and the #EU can fund those people who do amazing work and without that, our society would collapse: directory.trade-free.org/

@Catha @EUCommission there are so many problems out there and I think it is relevant and necessary to talk about trade. As long as we base our society on this mechanism, it is like monopoly and and we see problems everywhere.

We need more #trade-free goods & services and the #EU can fund those people who do amazing work and without that, our society would collapse: directory.trade-free.org/

TROMjaro 2026.05.20 (security patches) - forum.tromjaro.com/t/tromjaro-…

#tromjaro #arch #linux #trade-free #manjaro

TROMjaro 2026.05.20 (security patches) - forum.tromjaro.com/t/tromjaro-…

#tromjaro #arch #linux #trade-free #manjaro

TROMjaro 2026.05.20 (security patches) - forum.tromjaro.com/t/tromjaro-…

#tromjaro #arch #linux #trade-free #manjaro

TROMjaro 2026.05.20 (security patches) - forum.tromjaro.com/t/tromjaro-…

#tromjaro #arch #linux #trade-free #manjaro

There is a new #friendica app github.com/LiveFastEatTrashRac… - looks super good and I've heard they are promoting our instance too since it is quite lively and reliable.

I only tested the app a bit since I do not use mu phone much, but hey @roko maybe you should give it a try! :) Maybe we finally have a great Friendica app :)

Kudos to the people who are making these things. You are awesome people!

#friendica #fedi #fediverse #mastodon #trade-free #foss #opensource

There is a new #friendica app github.com/LiveFastEatTrashRac… - looks super good and I've heard they are promoting our instance too since it is quite lively and reliable.

I only tested the app a bit since I do not use mu phone much, but hey @roko maybe you should give it a try! :) Maybe we finally have a great Friendica app :)

Kudos to the people who are making these things. You are awesome people!

#friendica #fedi #fediverse #mastodon #trade-free #foss #opensource

There is a new #friendica app github.com/LiveFastEatTrashRac… - looks super good and I've heard they are promoting our instance too since it is quite lively and reliable.

I only tested the app a bit since I do not use mu phone much, but hey @roko maybe you should give it a try! :) Maybe we finally have a great Friendica app :)

Kudos to the people who are making these things. You are awesome people!

#friendica #fedi #fediverse #mastodon #trade-free #foss #opensource

There is a new #friendica app github.com/LiveFastEatTrashRac… - looks super good and I've heard they are promoting our instance too since it is quite lively and reliable.

I only tested the app a bit since I do not use mu phone much, but hey @roko maybe you should give it a try! :) Maybe we finally have a great Friendica app :)

Kudos to the people who are making these things. You are awesome people!

#friendica #fedi #fediverse #mastodon #trade-free #foss #opensource

Thank you Ognjen for becoming our new TROM Supporter - tromsite.com/donate/

We create a lot of trade-free stuff, and hopefully this month we will release something new. Let's see.

We need 200 people to donate €5 a month in order to support our projects long term. We only accept equal donations of €5 to spread the load and make everyone equal within this campaign.

See the donation page for a detail look at what TROM does ;)

#fediverse #fedi #trom #tromsite #trade-free

Thank you Ognjen for becoming our new TROM Supporter - tromsite.com/donate/

We create a lot of trade-free stuff, and hopefully this month we will release something new. Let's see.

We need 200 people to donate €5 a month in order to support our projects long term. We only accept equal donations of €5 to spread the load and make everyone equal within this campaign.

See the donation page for a detail look at what TROM does ;)

#fediverse #fedi #trom #tromsite #trade-free

Thank you Ognjen for becoming our new TROM Supporter - tromsite.com/donate/

We create a lot of trade-free stuff, and hopefully this month we will release something new. Let's see.

We need 200 people to donate €5 a month in order to support our projects long term. We only accept equal donations of €5 to spread the load and make everyone equal within this campaign.

See the donation page for a detail look at what TROM does ;)

#fediverse #fedi #trom #tromsite #trade-free

Thank you Ognjen for becoming our new TROM Supporter - tromsite.com/donate/

We create a lot of trade-free stuff, and hopefully this month we will release something new. Let's see.

We need 200 people to donate €5 a month in order to support our projects long term. We only accept equal donations of €5 to spread the load and make everyone equal within this campaign.

See the donation page for a detail look at what TROM does ;)

#fediverse #fedi #trom #tromsite #trade-free

TROMjaro 2026.05.08 - forum.tromjaro.com/t/tromjaro-…

#linux #xfce #foss #trade-free

TROMjaro 2026.05.08 - forum.tromjaro.com/t/tromjaro-…

#linux #xfce #foss #trade-free

TROMjaro 2026.05.08 - forum.tromjaro.com/t/tromjaro-…

#linux #xfce #foss #trade-free

TROMjaro 2026.05.08 - forum.tromjaro.com/t/tromjaro-…

#linux #xfce #foss #trade-free

Galingos ekonominės grupės tiek nacionaliniu, tiek tarptautiniu lygmeniu suformavo ir palaiko prekyba pagrįstą sistemą, kuri prioritetą teikia pelnui, o ne žmonių ir aplinkos gerovei, taip silpnindamos pastangas pereiti prie prekybos nereikalaujančių produktų ir paslaugų. Tyrėjai, aktyvistai ir kiti, skatinantys sistemas, grindžiamas prieinamumu, bendradarbiavimu ir pakankamumu, išlieka santykinai silpni, palyginti su šiomis organizuotomis interesų grupėmis.

Tai rodo, kad bandymai spręsti socialines, sveikatos ir aplinkos problemas prekyba pagrįstoje sistemoje – perkeliant atsakomybę individualiems vartotojams – kol kas yra iš esmės nepakankamas atsakas į klausimą: Kaip galime padaryti pokytį?

Tai taip pat rodo, kad būtini gilesni struktūriniai pokyčiai: perėjimas nuo prekyba grindžiamos gamybos ir paskirstymo prie sistemų, orientuotų į bendrą prieigą, tvarumą ir kolektyvinius poreikius. Tokia transformacija reikalautų susidurti su įsitvirtinusia ekonomine galia, išardyti pelnu grįstas paskatas ir kvestionuoti politines struktūras, palaikančias dabartinę prekyba pagrįstą visuomenę – sistemą, kuri sukuria daugelį problemų, kurias pati teigia sprendžianti.

#tradefree
#Origin
#problem
#discussion
#frienship
#World
#sollution
#tradebased
#life
#gov
#business
#society
#action
#lt

Galingos ekonominės grupės tiek nacionaliniu, tiek tarptautiniu lygmeniu suformavo ir palaiko prekyba pagrįstą sistemą, kuri prioritetą teikia pelnui, o ne žmonių ir aplinkos gerovei, taip silpnindamos pastangas pereiti prie prekybos nereikalaujančių produktų ir paslaugų. Tyrėjai, aktyvistai ir kiti, skatinantys sistemas, grindžiamas prieinamumu, bendradarbiavimu ir pakankamumu, išlieka santykinai silpni, palyginti su šiomis organizuotomis interesų grupėmis.

Tai rodo, kad bandymai spręsti socialines, sveikatos ir aplinkos problemas prekyba pagrįstoje sistemoje – perkeliant atsakomybę individualiems vartotojams – kol kas yra iš esmės nepakankamas atsakas į klausimą: Kaip galime padaryti pokytį?

Tai taip pat rodo, kad būtini gilesni struktūriniai pokyčiai: perėjimas nuo prekyba grindžiamos gamybos ir paskirstymo prie sistemų, orientuotų į bendrą prieigą, tvarumą ir kolektyvinius poreikius. Tokia transformacija reikalautų susidurti su įsitvirtinusia ekonomine galia, išardyti pelnu grįstas paskatas ir kvestionuoti politines struktūras, palaikančias dabartinę prekyba pagrįstą visuomenę – sistemą, kuri sukuria daugelį problemų, kurias pati teigia sprendžianti.

#tradefree
#Origin
#problem
#discussion
#frienship
#World
#sollution
#tradebased
#life
#gov
#business
#society
#action
#lt

Powerful economic groups, at both national and international levels, have shaped and maintained a trade-based system that prioritises profit over human and ecological wellbeing, thereby undermining attempts to move towards trade-free products and services. Advocates, researchers and campaigners who promote systems based on access, cooperation and sufficiency remain relatively powerless compared with these organised interests.

This suggests that attempting to solve social, health and environmental problems within a trade-based framework—by placing responsibility on individual consumers—is, so far, a largely insufficient response to the question: How can we make a difference?

It also indicates that deeper structural change is required: a transition away from trade-driven production and distribution towards systems organised around shared access, sustainability and collective need. Such a transformation would require confronting entrenched economic power, dismantling profit-centred incentives, and challenging the political structures that sustain the current trade-based society—one which drives many of the problems it claims to solve.

#tradefree
#Origin
#problem
#discussion
#frienship
#World
#sollution
#tradebased
#life
#gov
#business
#society
#action

Powerful economic groups, at both national and international levels, have shaped and maintained a trade-based system that prioritises profit over human and ecological wellbeing, thereby undermining attempts to move towards trade-free products and services. Advocates, researchers and campaigners who promote systems based on access, cooperation and sufficiency remain relatively powerless compared with these organised interests.

This suggests that attempting to solve social, health and environmental problems within a trade-based framework—by placing responsibility on individual consumers—is, so far, a largely insufficient response to the question: How can we make a difference?

It also indicates that deeper structural change is required: a transition away from trade-driven production and distribution towards systems organised around shared access, sustainability and collective need. Such a transformation would require confronting entrenched economic power, dismantling profit-centred incentives, and challenging the political structures that sustain the current trade-based society—one which drives many of the problems it claims to solve.

#tradefree
#Origin
#problem
#discussion
#frienship
#World
#sollution
#tradebased
#life
#gov
#business
#society
#action

That is great and frustrating at the same time. This "enshitification" is totally a natural result of trading stuff. There is 0 difference between supermarkets putting a 5.99 price on food, or putting candies where people stay in line to pay, or deceiving people with those old ads on TV, and Facebook, Youtube and the like adding clickable ads in the middle of a video or making it play the next video automatically, or not making it clear what is a post what is an ad....

These are trade-based goods and services, and for them to sell, you have to engage in these "marketing" practices.

THIS IS NOTHING NEW!

Pretty much all companies and individuals do these in order to sell shit. All need to be biased towards their own business. Even the local small businesses are doing it. Everyone does it.

So instead of selecting a few of the most outrageous practices, call them shitty, and point the finger at them, better do 2 things:

1. Understand why these products are "shitty". It is trade, the need to trade, that makes people put more ads, collect more data, etc.. Currency, data, or attention trade.
2. Simply make 2 categories: trade-free and trade-based. If a product or a service is trade-free, it means it does not want anything from you, the user. Not your data, not your currency, not your attention. Therefore why would it want to make that product or service shitty?

Makes no sense.

We made a book all about that - tromsite.com/trombooks/#flipbo… and guess what? It is trade-free. Read it online or download it.

Side note....I like Louis but for fucks sake man start prioritizing a Peertube instance and post there rather than on the "shit" youtube....

#enshitfication #trade #trade-free #facebook #youtube #ads
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That is great and frustrating at the same time. This "enshitification" is totally a natural result of trading stuff. There is 0 difference between supermarkets putting a 5.99 price on food, or putting candies where people stay in line to pay, or deceiving people with those old ads on TV, and Facebook, Youtube and the like adding clickable ads in the middle of a video or making it play the next video automatically, or not making it clear what is a post what is an ad....

These are trade-based goods and services, and for them to sell, you have to engage in these "marketing" practices.

THIS IS NOTHING NEW!

Pretty much all companies and individuals do these in order to sell shit. All need to be biased towards their own business. Even the local small businesses are doing it. Everyone does it.

So instead of selecting a few of the most outrageous practices, call them shitty, and point the finger at them, better do 2 things:

1. Understand why these products are "shitty". It is trade, the need to trade, that makes people put more ads, collect more data, etc.. Currency, data, or attention trade.
2. Simply make 2 categories: trade-free and trade-based. If a product or a service is trade-free, it means it does not want anything from you, the user. Not your data, not your currency, not your attention. Therefore why would it want to make that product or service shitty?

Makes no sense.

We made a book all about that - tromsite.com/trombooks/#flipbo… and guess what? It is trade-free. Read it online or download it.

Side note....I like Louis but for fucks sake man start prioritizing a Peertube instance and post there rather than on the "shit" youtube....

#enshitfication #trade #trade-free #facebook #youtube #ads
RE: fosstodon.org/users/futureisfo…

That is great and frustrating at the same time. This "enshitification" is totally a natural result of trading stuff. There is 0 difference between supermarkets putting a 5.99 price on food, or putting candies where people stay in line to pay, or deceiving people with those old ads on TV, and Facebook, Youtube and the like adding clickable ads in the middle of a video or making it play the next video automatically, or not making it clear what is a post what is an ad....

These are trade-based goods and services, and for them to sell, you have to engage in these "marketing" practices.

THIS IS NOTHING NEW!

Pretty much all companies and individuals do these in order to sell shit. All need to be biased towards their own business. Even the local small businesses are doing it. Everyone does it.

So instead of selecting a few of the most outrageous practices, call them shitty, and point the finger at them, better do 2 things:

1. Understand why these products are "shitty". It is trade, the need to trade, that makes people put more ads, collect more data, etc.. Currency, data, or attention trade.
2. Simply make 2 categories: trade-free and trade-based. If a product or a service is trade-free, it means it does not want anything from you, the user. Not your data, not your currency, not your attention. Therefore why would it want to make that product or service shitty?

Makes no sense.

We made a book all about that - tromsite.com/trombooks/#flipbo… and guess what? It is trade-free. Read it online or download it.

Side note....I like Louis but for fucks sake man start prioritizing a Peertube instance and post there rather than on the "shit" youtube....

#enshitfication #trade #trade-free #facebook #youtube #ads
RE: fosstodon.org/users/futureisfo…

That is great and frustrating at the same time. This "enshitification" is totally a natural result of trading stuff. There is 0 difference between supermarkets putting a 5.99 price on food, or putting candies where people stay in line to pay, or deceiving people with those old ads on TV, and Facebook, Youtube and the like adding clickable ads in the middle of a video or making it play the next video automatically, or not making it clear what is a post what is an ad....

These are trade-based goods and services, and for them to sell, you have to engage in these "marketing" practices.

THIS IS NOTHING NEW!

Pretty much all companies and individuals do these in order to sell shit. All need to be biased towards their own business. Even the local small businesses are doing it. Everyone does it.

So instead of selecting a few of the most outrageous practices, call them shitty, and point the finger at them, better do 2 things:

1. Understand why these products are "shitty". It is trade, the need to trade, that makes people put more ads, collect more data, etc.. Currency, data, or attention trade.
2. Simply make 2 categories: trade-free and trade-based. If a product or a service is trade-free, it means it does not want anything from you, the user. Not your data, not your currency, not your attention. Therefore why would it want to make that product or service shitty?

Makes no sense.

We made a book all about that - tromsite.com/trombooks/#flipbo… and guess what? It is trade-free. Read it online or download it.

Side note....I like Louis but for fucks sake man start prioritizing a Peertube instance and post there rather than on the "shit" youtube....

#enshitfication #trade #trade-free #facebook #youtube #ads
RE: fosstodon.org/users/futureisfo…

Very good video from Veritasium about that big backdoor issue on Linux recently:

Of course this is an issue with our trade based society 100%. How? Easy:

1. The incentive to do harm in this society is quite high. For profit, for power that also leads to profit, for the fact that tribes and people are divided into groups trying to outgame the other groups. Like Iran has an incentive to hack USA, USA has an incentive to hack China, Russia has an incentive to hack the EU, and so forth. They can get sensitive information, blackmail, etc.. This is a global situation that has trade (as a practice) as the director of motives. Making people do what they do. Tribes hold onto their own resources, exploit other tribes, etc.. And so fighting with each other is natural.

If we lived in a society where trading was not a necessity and provided for all equally, we would have no reason to have tribes with borders, exploit other tribes, fight against each other when we are all in fact a big tribe, the human tribe.

1. The people working on a lot of open source software struggle to work on it since they also have "day jobs". They have to TRADE to survive. Imagine people had access to their basic needs trade-free, via an UBI or whatever. More time to focus on creating secure and better software, more people who can do that. Less of those incentivized to do harm and insert backdoors.

Overall it is a cancerous trade society where humans are livestock and wolves. Consuming and being consumed.

The only sane way out of it is to HELP PEOPLE DETACH FROM THE TRADE SOCIETY. So they can be people and focus on RELEVANT STUFF.

Else it is a game of those who want to exploit and those who try to stop them. Endless....

#spam #internet #linux #veritasium #trade #TradeRuinsEverything #trade-free #foss #opensource #exploit #redhat
The Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster and No One Knew

Very good video from Veritasium about that big backdoor issue on Linux recently:

Of course this is an issue with our trade based society 100%. How? Easy:

1. The incentive to do harm in this society is quite high. For profit, for power that also leads to profit, for the fact that tribes and people are divided into groups trying to outgame the other groups. Like Iran has an incentive to hack USA, USA has an incentive to hack China, Russia has an incentive to hack the EU, and so forth. They can get sensitive information, blackmail, etc.. This is a global situation that has trade (as a practice) as the director of motives. Making people do what they do. Tribes hold onto their own resources, exploit other tribes, etc.. And so fighting with each other is natural.

If we lived in a society where trading was not a necessity and provided for all equally, we would have no reason to have tribes with borders, exploit other tribes, fight against each other when we are all in fact a big tribe, the human tribe.

1. The people working on a lot of open source software struggle to work on it since they also have "day jobs". They have to TRADE to survive. Imagine people had access to their basic needs trade-free, via an UBI or whatever. More time to focus on creating secure and better software, more people who can do that. Less of those incentivized to do harm and insert backdoors.

Overall it is a cancerous trade society where humans are livestock and wolves. Consuming and being consumed.

The only sane way out of it is to HELP PEOPLE DETACH FROM THE TRADE SOCIETY. So they can be people and focus on RELEVANT STUFF.

Else it is a game of those who want to exploit and those who try to stop them. Endless....

#spam #internet #linux #veritasium #trade #TradeRuinsEverything #trade-free #foss #opensource #exploit #redhat
The Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster and No One Knew

Very good video from Veritasium about that big backdoor issue on Linux recently:

Of course this is an issue with our trade based society 100%. How? Easy:

1. The incentive to do harm in this society is quite high. For profit, for power that also leads to profit, for the fact that tribes and people are divided into groups trying to outgame the other groups. Like Iran has an incentive to hack USA, USA has an incentive to hack China, Russia has an incentive to hack the EU, and so forth. They can get sensitive information, blackmail, etc.. This is a global situation that has trade (as a practice) as the director of motives. Making people do what they do. Tribes hold onto their own resources, exploit other tribes, etc.. And so fighting with each other is natural.

If we lived in a society where trading was not a necessity and provided for all equally, we would have no reason to have tribes with borders, exploit other tribes, fight against each other when we are all in fact a big tribe, the human tribe.

1. The people working on a lot of open source software struggle to work on it since they also have "day jobs". They have to TRADE to survive. Imagine people had access to their basic needs trade-free, via an UBI or whatever. More time to focus on creating secure and better software, more people who can do that. Less of those incentivized to do harm and insert backdoors.

Overall it is a cancerous trade society where humans are livestock and wolves. Consuming and being consumed.

The only sane way out of it is to HELP PEOPLE DETACH FROM THE TRADE SOCIETY. So they can be people and focus on RELEVANT STUFF.

Else it is a game of those who want to exploit and those who try to stop them. Endless....

#spam #internet #linux #veritasium #trade #TradeRuinsEverything #trade-free #foss #opensource #exploit #redhat
The Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster and No One Knew

Very good video from Veritasium about that big backdoor issue on Linux recently:

Of course this is an issue with our trade based society 100%. How? Easy:

1. The incentive to do harm in this society is quite high. For profit, for power that also leads to profit, for the fact that tribes and people are divided into groups trying to outgame the other groups. Like Iran has an incentive to hack USA, USA has an incentive to hack China, Russia has an incentive to hack the EU, and so forth. They can get sensitive information, blackmail, etc.. This is a global situation that has trade (as a practice) as the director of motives. Making people do what they do. Tribes hold onto their own resources, exploit other tribes, etc.. And so fighting with each other is natural.

If we lived in a society where trading was not a necessity and provided for all equally, we would have no reason to have tribes with borders, exploit other tribes, fight against each other when we are all in fact a big tribe, the human tribe.

1. The people working on a lot of open source software struggle to work on it since they also have "day jobs". They have to TRADE to survive. Imagine people had access to their basic needs trade-free, via an UBI or whatever. More time to focus on creating secure and better software, more people who can do that. Less of those incentivized to do harm and insert backdoors.

Overall it is a cancerous trade society where humans are livestock and wolves. Consuming and being consumed.

The only sane way out of it is to HELP PEOPLE DETACH FROM THE TRADE SOCIETY. So they can be people and focus on RELEVANT STUFF.

Else it is a game of those who want to exploit and those who try to stop them. Endless....

#spam #internet #linux #veritasium #trade #TradeRuinsEverything #trade-free #foss #opensource #exploit #redhat
The Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster and No One Knew

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GoatCounter is an open source web analytics platform available as a (free) hosted service or self-hosted app alternative to Google Analytics or #Matomo.

#TradeFree List =
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#DIY #opensource = #GoatCounter

GoatCounter is an open source web analytics platform available as a (free) hosted service or self-hosted app alternative to Google Analytics or #Matomo.

#TradeFree List =
https://www.directory.trade-free.org/goods-services/goatcounter/

#Alternative #Google #Analytics #selfhosted

#DIY #opensource = #GoatCounter

GoatCounter is an open source web analytics platform available as a (free) hosted service or self-hosted app alternative to Google Analytics or #Matomo.

#TradeFree List =
https://www.directory.trade-free.org/goods-services/goatcounter/