• Curlie: a human-curated website directory like the olden days, think Yahoo before it became a search engine
• Cloudhiker: basically modern day StumbleUpon
• Wiby: search engine that indexes non-javascript websites (a lot from web 1.0)
• ooh.directory: curated list of blogs

Google's 'advanced flow' for sideloading is a deterrence mechanism, not an escape hatch. 9 steps and a 24-hour wait for software you own? No thanks. #KeepAndroidOpen

Basics

• If you're not using Firefox or any FF-derivative browser, change browsers! It's the only browser that the original uBlock Origin is available on anymore
  • If you're the average user who isn't too tech-savvy, Firefox is a good choice. I recommend tweaking some of the privacy settings before you use it.
  • If you're also willing to spend some time researching and setting things up, then try tweaking vanilla Firefox with Betterfox
  • Librewolf is an good alternative for more privacy-conscious users who want their browser to be configured out of the box
  • Firefox on Android can run extensions too...