This week Brave announced that they're developing their own independent search engine to compete with Google in the saturated search engine market. Most search engines piggyback on larger big tech search engines like Bing (Microsoft) and Yahoo for results - indexing the web is a mammoth task. This would mean the 25 million monthly active Brave users would be introduced to a seamless native - Google level UX for the Brave ecosystem. They're also implementing some unique features under the code name 'Goggles' to let you experiment different perspectives for search results. If this is open source and you can disable ads with uBlock Origin then this feels like good competition for DuckDuckGo! There's a beta sign up page on their website and is due to launch this June (Summer - USA). CONTINUE READING https://polarhive.ml/videos/notes/brave-is-launching-an-independent-alternative-to-google-search --- Patreon, Liberapay, Crypto, Donate and all the other ways you can contribute: https://polarhive.ml/help

NewPipe is a powerful client for YouTube. Play videos ad free and reduce the trackers, analytics and data Google can mine off of your device. You can download my videos, (be sure to check its respective license here: https://polarhive.ml/videos/notes). It also works with PeerTube & SoundCloud. It is licensed under the GPL 3.0 (#freesoftware) and is lightweight. Add it via their F-Droid repository or get it from their website. RELATED VIDEO https://polarhive.ml/videos/notes/f-droid-an-appstore-that-respects-your-privacy-and-freedom CONTINUE READING https://polarhive.ml/videos/notes/newpipe-youtube-peertube-adfree-foss-app --- Patreon, Liberapay, Crypto, Donate and all the other ways you can contribute: https://polarhive.ml/help

Sometimes the answer isn't 'Going Big'. Rather than build new centralized platforms that will inevitably fail in proportion to their user base. Choose 'protocols' that can naturally scale and deliver the best for every person. Smaller tight knit communities 'on your own terms' that are user-first is the future of social media. Facebook's goal is not to 'connect the world' their true goals lie in their business model 'to sell your data to advertisers'. #Fediverse tries to put social networking back into your hands, just like email and websites - it's based on the #ActivityPub protocol that's internationally accepted and works according to your needs and not to some advertiser's! Pick any server or host your own. CONTINUE READING THE DESCRIPTION https://polarhive.ml/videos/notes/twitter-is-not-public-resource-join-the-fediverse/ --- > Patreon, Liberapay, Crypto, Donate and all the other ways you can contribute like video suggestions: https://polarhive.ml/help

F-Droid is an App Store for Android which showcases a catalog of Free and Open Source Apps (FOSS). It serves as a freedom respecting alternative to Google Play. It allows you to add custom repositories, share apps offline to nearby users locally and auto downloads updates over WiFi. Every app in the native F-Droid repository is audited by volunteers to check for anti-features, spyware and proprietary blobs. The distributed apps are 100% reproducible and enables the user to verify apps than blindly trusting. Continue reading: https://polarhive.ml/videos/notes/f-droid-an-appstore-that-respects-your-privacy-and-freedom