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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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[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

not to be a Debbie Downer or anything but I bet it runs like shit

[–] Wiz@midwest.social 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So, you're being negative about an alpha release of someone's hard work without checking it out first?

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

independently hosted video content? i support it, but im not optimistic about it

[–] Wiz@midwest.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

PeerTube is also a Fediverse service, and does the longer form videos, like YouTube. It mostly works fine; it just lacks content.