>> Alt-tech is increasingly being blocked from the Google-controlled Android app store. >> Google Play has booted a third-party app for BitChute, one of the most popular free speech focused YouTube alternatives, from its app store as part of another contentious crackdown on an alt-tech competitor. >> The app was created by [Hexagod](https://twitter.com/vybeypantelonez/status/1321958272862162945) and had over 100,000 downloads before it was removed. Google cited violations of its “Webviews and Affiliate Spam policy” as the reason for taking the app down.