The Fediverse Is Getting Its Own TikTok Competitor Called Loops
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Similar to how Mastodon offers an open source, distributed version of X, the fediverse is getting its own TikTok competitor. This week, an app called Loops began accepting signups on its new platform for sharing short, looping videos. Still in the early stages, Loops is not yet open sourced, nor … ⌘ Read more

@slashdot@feeds.twtxt.net Ugh, do we really need more brainrot, even if it is more open? 😅

@eldersnake@we.loveprivacy.club I’m happy about any open platform that allows us to not use closed/commercial services. ✌️

@movq@www.uninformativ.de I agree. Even if I will not use it, allowing to do similarly to the commercial “service” in a selfhosted, non-algos, non-ad-targeting environment, is the way to go.

But you have to sign-up though? wut?! 😟

That is weird, though:

Is Loops open source?

It will be! We plan on open sourcing the platform after it reaches a stable and easy to maintain state.

Why the delay? 🤨

Exactly! But you still have to sign up to “their” platform. da fuq?! I smell something fishy here 🤣

@movq@www.uninformativ.de sounds counterproductive. The power of open source is that it benefits from everyone’s participation. Why to develop in a close source setting then? Hmm.