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
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
Loops promises to bring the TikTok experience to the fediverse.
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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Welp thars a hard no.
Surprised they're not asking for peoples' firstborns.
At this point, it's sounding more and more like a social experiment.
What a great way to build trust in a newly born platform! And how respecting to the people that are using the platform! Way to go!
sounds like Facebook