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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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[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Who is going to pay to host all this content?

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

[-] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago

I have the same question, because many mastodon instances are barely keeping up with the costs of hosting pictures + text.

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[-] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 11 points 1 day 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.

[-] rodneylives@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day 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 1 day ago

Lemmy’s final boss..

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

[-] angelmountain@feddit.nl 5 points 1 day ago

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

[-] BlackLaZoR@fedia.io 7 points 1 day ago

short-form looping video

What about regular videos?

[-] manucode@infosec.pub 30 points 1 day ago

There's already Peertube for that.

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[-] compostgoblin@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 day ago

PeerTube?

[-] Engywuck@lemm.ee -3 points 15 hours ago

Yep. The world just needs more stupid videos from stupid people. Just federated.

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