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A TikTok alternative called Loops is coming for the fediverse | Users own their content, and Loops doesn’t sell or provide videos to third-party advertisers or train AI on them. It will be open source (www.theverge.com)

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Signups opened this week for Loops, a short-form looping video app from the creator of Instagram alternative Pixelfed, reports TechCrunch.

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[–] rodneylives@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

I signed up for Loops the first day. I didn't get an email confirmation until two days after, and I still haven't been given a way to sign in.

[–] skittle07crusher@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 hours ago

Lemmy’s final boss..

Then again, Lemmy and ActivityPub are (by design) wide open to anyone, including TenCent

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (2 children)

Who is going to pay to host all this content?

Also wish it were 5 or 10 minute limit rather than 60 seconds.

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org -2 points 6 hours ago

the idea is that you just watch them when you have a tiny gap to kill (and thus you become addicted)

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[–] angelmountain@feddit.nl 4 points 6 hours ago

I don't really need any form of TikTok im afraid

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 6 points 7 hours ago

Granted, TicTok is worse than cancer so technically speaking this is of course a "good" step. But I have such a distaste (or rather hatred) for this type of content (same with Shorts), that I still cannot feel good about it.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

Headline should say coming TO the Fediverse.

"I'm coming for you!" has a very different meaning

[–] BlackLaZoR@fedia.io 6 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

short-form looping video

What about regular videos?

[–] manucode@infosec.pub 27 points 8 hours ago

There's already Peertube for that.

[–] compostgoblin@slrpnk.net 14 points 8 hours ago

PeerTube?

[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 hours ago

anyone actually get an account? i signed up as soon as it was announced a year or so ago and haven't heard a peep.

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