Andrew Adams @adamsandy@librem.one

NO.

This is so confusing. There are many free things where you are not "the product". We make many, see tromsite.com and trom.tf.

I wish people would stop saying this about google and the like. There is a simple and to the point way of describing these "free" services. They are TRADE-BASED. You have to trade something to them, in order to use their services.

In the same way that when you go to a supermarket you have to trade your currency for what you grab from it, you have to trade your attention (ads) or data to Google when you go on their platform. Currency, attention, data.

S I M P L E

We live in a TRADE-BASED society where pretty much everything is trade-based. Money is just a currency we invented, but trades go without currency as well.

We spent more than a decade trying to shed some light on this confusion.

Documentary - tromsite.com/documentaries/tro…
Book - tromsite.com/books/#flipbook-t…

So when you create something entirely free, simply call it TRADE-FREE.

S I M P L E :)

#tutanota #free #foss #google #capitalism #trade #trade-based #trade-free #trom #tromsite #privacy #youtube

We now have 6 servers dedicated to transcoding/transcribing our Peertube videos videos.trom.tf - thanks to @alexio who is providing 4 of them! Peertube is now a complete replacement for Youtube and I will make sure to push it a lot more in terms of use and promotion! We need to get people to use it, else without content, it won't go anywhere....

Feel free to use our instance!

#peertube #youtube #video #opensource #foss

You’re not the customer, you’re the data.

#surveillance #capitalism #surveillanceCapitalism #peopleFarming #BigTech #SiliconValley #VentureCapital #startups #data #humanRights #democracy

PureOS: Now with optional subscription tiers to accelerate innovation. Support the future of privacy-focused, convergent computing. Your choice, your impact.
https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-optional-subscription-added-to-advance-development/
#PureOS #OpenSourceFunding #Purism

A BIG monthly THANK YOU to everyone who is supporting TROM financially tromsite.com/donate/ - remember you support a TON of projects. From video/books/documentaries to platforms and what-not. We would need more help so please see our 200 for TROM campaign if you can help out!

#fundraiser #foss #opensource #fighttrade

At Purism, we believe your digital life should be yours alone. Our Librem laptops and smartphones are built from the ground up with privacy, security, and freedom in mind. No data collection, no ad tracking, just pure digital independence. #PrivacyMatters #OpenSource #Purism

Fedora has been shipping with a broken screen reader for NINE YEARS but the real problem is me

https://ar.al/2024/06/23/fedora-has-been-shipping-with-a-broken-screen-reader-for-nine-years-but-the-real-problem-is-me/

#fedora #accessibility #a11y #ableism #RedHat #IBM #Linux #OpenSource

TROM II: Fixing this society is like fixing aging - videos.trom.tf/w/qrLS7xVhpoKmQ…

#aging #society #capitalism #money #trade

When you hear me talk about Small Tech and Big Tech or Small Web and Big Web, you might think it’s some sort of contest or something.

It’s really not.

Last year, roughly $315,000,000,000 in venture capital was invested in Big Tech.

Roughly €4,764 (€397 monthly donations to Small Technology Foundation × 12) was invested in Small Tech/Small Web.

That’s 0.000001% of venture capital alone invested in Big Tech.

Statistically, we don’t exist.

We’re a rounding error.

#SmallTech #SmallWeb

we should have an international "switching software" day, https://switching.software/

Good morning! No trillion-dollar corporation is your friend. Here’s wishing you a lovely day :)

Hey people, wanted to thank you all for supporting TROM every month tromsite.com/donate/ ! We still need a lot more help but little by little maybe we can achieve the 200 for TROM goal! Thank you!

I don’t know who needs to hear this but don’t be the douchebag oiling the gears of fascism.

Tech folks… tech folks need to hear this.

#BigTech #fascism