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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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[-] li10@feddit.uk 47 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Can’t see this doing well, who’s gonna want to host it and pay the bandwidth and storage costs?

I know people would be willing to do that for a YT alternative, but I don’t think there’s many people who want to shell out so some kid can post their cringe dance video.

Also, who tf gonna use it? I’d imagine Tik Tok users are the social media group that cares the least about the fediverse, open source, and privacy…

PeerTube already exists, and has basically no usage (because no one is willing to foot the cost)

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 8 points 1 month ago

i like cringe dance videos but i think the problem's gonna be the volume

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

Also, who tf gonna use it? I’d imagine Tik Tok users are the social media group that cares the least about the fediverse, open source, and privacy…

Perhaps it's one way to change that

[-] Mars2k21@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 weeks ago

It's just like Peertube. Cool concept in theory, but breaks down once you consider the less fun parts of it (storage volume).

Gonna be really hard to figure out how to make solid Fedi alternatives to image/video-based social media.

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