#ngiforum25 — Public Fediverse posts

I still must use Google for some queries. Google is best for me at these kinds of queries:

• Finding products in online stores that ship to Sverige. I try to avoid buying from Amazon.

• Location-specific queries, like plant-based restaurants near me.

• English queries that only have answers in Svenska, like various government regulations.

#NGIForum25

I still must use Google for some queries. Google is best for me at these kinds of queries:

• Finding products in online stores that ship to Sverige. I try to avoid buying from Amazon.

• Location-specific queries, like plant-based restaurants near me.

• English queries that only have answers in Svenska, like various government regulations.

#NGIForum25

I still must use Google for some queries. Google is best for me at these kinds of queries:

• Finding products in online stores that ship to Sverige. I try to avoid buying from Amazon.

• Location-specific queries, like plant-based restaurants near me.

• English queries that only have answers in Svenska, like various government regulations.

#NGIForum25

I still must use Google for some queries. Google is best for me at these kinds of queries:

• Finding products in online stores that ship to Sverige. I try to avoid buying from Amazon.

• Location-specific queries, like plant-based restaurants near me.

• English queries that only have answers in Svenska, like various government regulations.

#NGIForum25

I still must use Google for some queries. Google is best for me at these kinds of queries:

• Finding products in online stores that ship to Sverige. I try to avoid buying from Amazon.

• Location-specific queries, like plant-based restaurants near me.

• English queries that only have answers in Svenska, like various government regulations.

#NGIForum25

Concluding my experiment with Qwant as my default search engine after a little over a week.

I returned to DuckDuckGo as my default search engine.

In general, Qwant’s results seemed almost as relevant as DDG.

Qwant does not provide quick answers. Queries like “convert 1 USD to EUR”, “convert 200F to C”, and “time in CDT” should just give me an answer.

Qwant does not support !bangs. I use !npm !cargo !w daily.

https://duckduckgo.com/bangs

#NGIForum25

Concluding my experiment with Qwant as my default search engine after a little over a week.

I returned to DuckDuckGo as my default search engine.

In general, Qwant’s results seemed almost as relevant as DDG.

Qwant does not provide quick answers. Queries like “convert 1 USD to EUR”, “convert 200F to C”, and “time in CDT” should just give me an answer.

Qwant does not support !bangs. I use !npm !cargo !w daily.

https://duckduckgo.com/bangs

#NGIForum25

Concluding my experiment with Qwant as my default search engine after a little over a week.

I returned to DuckDuckGo as my default search engine.

In general, Qwant’s results seemed almost as relevant as DDG.

Qwant does not provide quick answers. Queries like “convert 1 USD to EUR”, “convert 200F to C”, and “time in CDT” should just give me an answer.

Qwant does not support !bangs. I use !npm !cargo !w daily.

https://duckduckgo.com/bangs

#NGIForum25

Concluding my experiment with Qwant as my default search engine after a little over a week.

I returned to DuckDuckGo as my default search engine.

In general, Qwant’s results seemed almost as relevant as DDG.

Qwant does not provide quick answers. Queries like “convert 1 USD to EUR”, “convert 200F to C”, and “time in CDT” should just give me an answer.

Qwant does not support !bangs. I use !npm !cargo !w daily.

https://duckduckgo.com/bangs

#NGIForum25

Concluding my experiment with Qwant as my default search engine after a little over a week.

I returned to DuckDuckGo as my default search engine.

In general, Qwant’s results seemed almost as relevant as DDG.

Qwant does not provide quick answers. Queries like “convert 1 USD to EUR”, “convert 200F to C”, and “time in CDT” should just give me an answer.

Qwant does not support !bangs. I use !npm !cargo !w daily.

https://duckduckgo.com/bangs

#NGIForum25

The NGI Forum 2025 marked a strategic shift for Europe’s internet future, from R&D to deployment. Our wrap-up report is now live!

📌 Key takeaways:

🔹 Digital wallets = public infrastructure

🔹European Open Web Index is live and growing

🔹Open source needs public procurement reform

🔹Projects like Mastodon, Taler & Decidim = scalable, sovereign solutions

📖 Read the report: https://ngi.eu/news/2025/06/27/ngi-forum-2025-marks-a-strategic-shift-from-next-generation-internet-toward-the-open-internet-stack/

#NGIForum25 #DigitalSovereignty #OpenInternet #Web4 #DigitalCommons #NextGenerationInternet #NGI

The NGI Forum 2025 marked a strategic shift for Europe’s internet future, from R&D to deployment. Our wrap-up report is now live!

📌 Key takeaways:

🔹 Digital wallets = public infrastructure

🔹European Open Web Index is live and growing

🔹Open source needs public procurement reform

🔹Projects like Mastodon, Taler & Decidim = scalable, sovereign solutions

📖 Read the report: https://ngi.eu/news/2025/06/27/ngi-forum-2025-marks-a-strategic-shift-from-next-generation-internet-toward-the-open-internet-stack/

#NGIForum25 #DigitalSovereignty #OpenInternet #Web4 #DigitalCommons #NextGenerationInternet #NGI

The NGI Forum 2025 marked a strategic shift for Europe’s internet future, from R&D to deployment. Our wrap-up report is now live!

📌 Key takeaways:

🔹 Digital wallets = public infrastructure

🔹European Open Web Index is live and growing

🔹Open source needs public procurement reform

🔹Projects like Mastodon, Taler & Decidim = scalable, sovereign solutions

📖 Read the report: https://ngi.eu/news/2025/06/27/ngi-forum-2025-marks-a-strategic-shift-from-next-generation-internet-toward-the-open-internet-stack/

#NGIForum25 #DigitalSovereignty #OpenInternet #Web4 #DigitalCommons #NextGenerationInternet #NGI

The NGI Forum 2025 marked a strategic shift for Europe’s internet future, from R&D to deployment. Our wrap-up report is now live!

📌 Key takeaways:

🔹 Digital wallets = public infrastructure

🔹European Open Web Index is live and growing

🔹Open source needs public procurement reform

🔹Projects like Mastodon, Taler & Decidim = scalable, sovereign solutions

📖 Read the report: https://ngi.eu/news/2025/06/27/ngi-forum-2025-marks-a-strategic-shift-from-next-generation-internet-toward-the-open-internet-stack/

#NGIForum25 #DigitalSovereignty #OpenInternet #Web4 #DigitalCommons #NextGenerationInternet #NGI

The NGI Forum 2025 marked a strategic shift for Europe’s internet future, from R&D to deployment. Our wrap-up report is now live!

📌 Key takeaways:

🔹 Digital wallets = public infrastructure

🔹European Open Web Index is live and growing

🔹Open source needs public procurement reform

🔹Projects like Mastodon, Taler & Decidim = scalable, sovereign solutions

📖 Read the report: https://ngi.eu/news/2025/06/27/ngi-forum-2025-marks-a-strategic-shift-from-next-generation-internet-toward-the-open-internet-stack/

#NGIForum25 #DigitalSovereignty #OpenInternet #Web4 #DigitalCommons #NextGenerationInternet #NGI

I am experimenting with Qwant as my default search engine for a month after learning more about it at the EU NGI Forum last week.

Like DuckDuckGo, my default it replaces, Qwant uses a mix of Bing infrastructure and its own. Qwant is building its own EU-based web index and search engine in collaboration with Ecosia.

https://www.eucloud.tech/eu-providers/search?ref=activitypub

#NGIForum25

I am experimenting with Qwant as my default search engine for a month after learning more about it at the EU NGI Forum last week.

Like DuckDuckGo, my default it replaces, Qwant uses a mix of Bing infrastructure and its own. Qwant is building its own EU-based web index and search engine in collaboration with Ecosia.

https://www.eucloud.tech/eu-providers/search?ref=activitypub

#NGIForum25

I am experimenting with Qwant as my default search engine for a month after learning more about it at the EU NGI Forum last week.

Like DuckDuckGo, my default it replaces, Qwant uses a mix of Bing infrastructure and its own. Qwant is building its own EU-based web index and search engine in collaboration with Ecosia.

https://www.eucloud.tech/eu-providers/search?ref=activitypub

#NGIForum25

I am experimenting with Qwant as my default search engine for a month after learning more about it at the EU NGI Forum last week.

Like DuckDuckGo, my default it replaces, Qwant uses a mix of Bing infrastructure and its own. Qwant is building its own EU-based web index and search engine in collaboration with Ecosia.

https://www.eucloud.tech/eu-providers/search?ref=activitypub

#NGIForum25

I am experimenting with Qwant as my default search engine for a month after learning more about it at the EU NGI Forum last week.

Like DuckDuckGo, my default it replaces, Qwant uses a mix of Bing infrastructure and its own. Qwant is building its own EU-based web index and search engine in collaboration with Ecosia.

https://www.eucloud.tech/eu-providers/search?ref=activitypub

#NGIForum25

@wolfgang_oels That’s impressive in such a short amount of time. What are the biggest challenges to increasing that percentage? Index size, results relevancy, results speed?

Is there an equivalent of Google Search Console or Bing Webmaster Tools for the new EUSP index yet?

What could @openwebsearcheu do to be more useful to EUSP’s efforts so they are not duplicated?

#NGIForum25

@wolfgang_oels That’s impressive in such a short amount of time. What are the biggest challenges to increasing that percentage? Index size, results relevancy, results speed?

Is there an equivalent of Google Search Console or Bing Webmaster Tools for the new EUSP index yet?

What could @openwebsearcheu do to be more useful to EUSP’s efforts so they are not duplicated?

#NGIForum25

@wolfgang_oels That’s impressive in such a short amount of time. What are the biggest challenges to increasing that percentage? Index size, results relevancy, results speed?

Is there an equivalent of Google Search Console or Bing Webmaster Tools for the new EUSP index yet?

What could @openwebsearcheu do to be more useful to EUSP’s efforts so they are not duplicated?

#NGIForum25

@wolfgang_oels That’s impressive in such a short amount of time. What are the biggest challenges to increasing that percentage? Index size, results relevancy, results speed?

Is there an equivalent of Google Search Console or Bing Webmaster Tools for the new EUSP index yet?

What could @openwebsearcheu do to be more useful to EUSP’s efforts so they are not duplicated?

#NGIForum25

@wolfgang_oels That’s impressive in such a short amount of time. What are the biggest challenges to increasing that percentage? Index size, results relevancy, results speed?

Is there an equivalent of Google Search Console or Bing Webmaster Tools for the new EUSP index yet?

What could @openwebsearcheu do to be more useful to EUSP’s efforts so they are not duplicated?

#NGIForum25

@wolfgang_oels Thanks. https://betterweb.qwant.com/en/2024/11/08/ecosia-and-qwant-join-forces-to-develop-european-search-index/ also was useful.

Any update on progress made since November last year?

What percentage of FR or DE language searches today are handled by EUSP infrastructure without assistance from Google or Bing?

Does EUP use the indexing datasets produced by @openwebsearcheu?

#NGIForum25

@wolfgang_oels Thanks. https://betterweb.qwant.com/en/2024/11/08/ecosia-and-qwant-join-forces-to-develop-european-search-index/ also was useful.

Any update on progress made since November last year?

What percentage of FR or DE language searches today are handled by EUSP infrastructure without assistance from Google or Bing?

Does EUP use the indexing datasets produced by @openwebsearcheu?

#NGIForum25

@wolfgang_oels Thanks. https://betterweb.qwant.com/en/2024/11/08/ecosia-and-qwant-join-forces-to-develop-european-search-index/ also was useful.

Any update on progress made since November last year?

What percentage of FR or DE language searches today are handled by EUSP infrastructure without assistance from Google or Bing?

Does EUP use the indexing datasets produced by @openwebsearcheu?

#NGIForum25

@wolfgang_oels Thanks. https://betterweb.qwant.com/en/2024/11/08/ecosia-and-qwant-join-forces-to-develop-european-search-index/ also was useful.

Any update on progress made since November last year?

What percentage of FR or DE language searches today are handled by EUSP infrastructure without assistance from Google or Bing?

Does EUP use the indexing datasets produced by @openwebsearcheu?

#NGIForum25

@wolfgang_oels Thanks. https://betterweb.qwant.com/en/2024/11/08/ecosia-and-qwant-join-forces-to-develop-european-search-index/ also was useful.

Any update on progress made since November last year?

What percentage of FR or DE language searches today are handled by EUSP infrastructure without assistance from Google or Bing?

Does EUP use the indexing datasets produced by @openwebsearcheu?

#NGIForum25

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are recordings of #ngiforum25 also planned to be uploaded to NGI PeerTube, @[email protected] ?

@[email protected]
are recordings of #ngiforum25 also planned to be uploaded to NGI PeerTube, @[email protected] ?

@[email protected]
are recordings of #ngiforum25 also planned to be uploaded to NGI PeerTube, @[email protected] ?

@[email protected]
are recordings of #ngiforum25 also planned to be uploaded to NGI PeerTube, @[email protected] ?

@[email protected]
are recordings of #ngiforum25 also planned to be uploaded to NGI PeerTube, @[email protected] ?

"Open source licensing permits continued operation of the software with an EU provider."

That’s technically true, but in practice, how many such transitions actually happen? How many of these tools become hollowed-out ghost projects after the buyout? We need the EU to fund #4opens #FOSS and commons-native projects directly, not startups chasing exit strategies.

#NGIFORUM
#NGIFORUM2025
#NGIFORUM25

"Open source licensing permits continued operation of the software with an EU provider."

That’s technically true, but in practice, how many such transitions actually happen? How many of these tools become hollowed-out ghost projects after the buyout? We need the EU to fund #4opens #FOSS and commons-native projects directly, not startups chasing exit strategies.

#NGIFORUM
#NGIFORUM2025
#NGIFORUM25

"Open source licensing permits continued operation of the software with an EU provider."

That’s technically true, but in practice, how many such transitions actually happen? How many of these tools become hollowed-out ghost projects after the buyout? We need the EU to fund #4opens #FOSS and commons-native projects directly, not startups chasing exit strategies.

#NGIFORUM
#NGIFORUM2025
#NGIFORUM25

"Open source licensing permits continued operation of the software with an EU provider."

That’s technically true, but in practice, how many such transitions actually happen? How many of these tools become hollowed-out ghost projects after the buyout? We need the EU to fund #4opens #FOSS and commons-native projects directly, not startups chasing exit strategies.

#NGIFORUM
#NGIFORUM2025
#NGIFORUM25

"Open source licensing permits continued operation of the software with an EU provider."

That’s technically true, but in practice, how many such transitions actually happen? How many of these tools become hollowed-out ghost projects after the buyout? We need the EU to fund #4opens #FOSS and commons-native projects directly, not startups chasing exit strategies.

#NGIFORUM
#NGIFORUM2025
#NGIFORUM25

I mentioned before that once you avoid calling people "Users" you start to see how weird and artificial doing so is.

> "The NGI Forum 2025 will focus on the building of an Open Internet Stack as conducive to European digital sovereignty and users’ empowerment"

There are great sessions at #NGIForum25 but there's so much "user this, user that". Why not just say "people", isn't that who #EU serves?

People aren't users. "User" is a technical abstraction, that hampers us from seeing real humans.

I mentioned before that once you avoid calling people "Users" you start to see how weird and artificial doing so is.

> "The NGI Forum 2025 will focus on the building of an Open Internet Stack as conducive to European digital sovereignty and users’ empowerment"

There are great sessions at #NGIForum25 but there's so much "user this, user that". Why not just say "people", isn't that who #EU serves?

People aren't users. "User" is a technical abstraction, that hampers us from seeing real humans.

I mentioned before that once you avoid calling people "Users" you start to see how weird and artificial doing so is.

> "The NGI Forum 2025 will focus on the building of an Open Internet Stack as conducive to European digital sovereignty and users’ empowerment"

There are great sessions at #NGIForum25 but there's so much "user this, user that". Why not just say "people", isn't that who #EU serves?

People aren't users. "User" is a technical abstraction, that hampers us from seeing real humans.

I mentioned before that once you avoid calling people "Users" you start to see how weird and artificial doing so is.

> "The NGI Forum 2025 will focus on the building of an Open Internet Stack as conducive to European digital sovereignty and users’ empowerment"

There are great sessions at #NGIForum25 but there's so much "user this, user that". Why not just say "people", isn't that who #EU serves?

People aren't users. "User" is a technical abstraction, that hampers us from seeing real humans.

I mentioned before that once you avoid calling people "Users" you start to see how weird and artificial doing so is.

> "The NGI Forum 2025 will focus on the building of an Open Internet Stack as conducive to European digital sovereignty and users’ empowerment"

There are great sessions at #NGIForum25 but there's so much "user this, user that". Why not just say "people", isn't that who #EU serves?

People aren't users. "User" is a technical abstraction, that hampers us from seeing real humans.

💳 Digital payments sovereignty at #NGIForum25!

Özgür Kesim @oec presenting "Digital Freedom meets Digital Payments" - how Europeans maintain financial autonomy in digital economy 🇪🇺

Follow LIVE the session on the NGI website: https://ngi.eu/ngi-forum25/

#NGIForum2025 #DigitalSovereignty #OpenInternet #DigitalCommons #EuropeanInnovation #OpenSource #NGIForum

💳 Digital payments sovereignty at #NGIForum25!

Özgür Kesim @oec presenting "Digital Freedom meets Digital Payments" - how Europeans maintain financial autonomy in digital economy 🇪🇺

Follow LIVE the session on the NGI website: https://ngi.eu/ngi-forum25/

#NGIForum2025 #DigitalSovereignty #OpenInternet #DigitalCommons #EuropeanInnovation #OpenSource #NGIForum

💳 Digital payments sovereignty at #NGIForum25!

Özgür Kesim @oec presenting "Digital Freedom meets Digital Payments" - how Europeans maintain financial autonomy in digital economy 🇪🇺

Follow LIVE the session on the NGI website: https://ngi.eu/ngi-forum25/

#NGIForum2025 #DigitalSovereignty #OpenInternet #DigitalCommons #EuropeanInnovation #OpenSource #NGIForum

💳 Digital payments sovereignty at #NGIForum25!

Özgür Kesim @oec presenting "Digital Freedom meets Digital Payments" - how Europeans maintain financial autonomy in digital economy 🇪🇺

Follow LIVE the session on the NGI website: https://ngi.eu/ngi-forum25/

#NGIForum2025 #DigitalSovereignty #OpenInternet #DigitalCommons #EuropeanInnovation #OpenSource #NGIForum

💳 Digital payments sovereignty at #NGIForum25!

Özgür Kesim @oec presenting "Digital Freedom meets Digital Payments" - how Europeans maintain financial autonomy in digital economy 🇪🇺

Follow LIVE the session on the NGI website: https://ngi.eu/ngi-forum25/

#NGIForum2025 #DigitalSovereignty #OpenInternet #DigitalCommons #EuropeanInnovation #OpenSource #NGIForum