GCam requires the Google Photos app to be installed to load previews.

One way to fix this without installing it is to use GCamPhotosPreview. I use it myself and it works as expected

There's an open issue on the Github repo, but there hasn't been much progress

• Pixel 6 pro: my main day-to-day device, degoogled
• Pixel 4a: previous phone that I still keep around, mostly because I like the small form factor, also degoogled
• Galaxy Tab S6 Lite: for videos and movies, sometimes for doodling, lineageos
• ZenPad 8: previous tablet, for games

Meta is about to launch a twitter clone that will have AcitivityPub support. Most fediverse admins don't want to federate, but the discussion has been getting quite heated lately

I don't get how the debate around federation with a platform that hasn't even launched yet got so virulent.

Nextcloud can have some sort of federation: https://nextcloud.com/federation/

I find the idea kind of neat, but not very useful

I'm currently using calckey, works similar to mastodon but with a better UI and UX (IMO), although still in development

If you're willing to host your own matrix server, a Discord bridge could be an option

just installed the beta, the UI looks much nicer, and the program has been working great so far!

try signing out of the app and logging back in. That updated the preference in the app for me

It was down for maintenance: https://atomicpoet.org/notice/AWSb4BKok7iMbbTPQ8

Edit: it's back online

I thought the same thing, but there is an option in the user profile page to send them a message:

never tried it though, so can't say how it works