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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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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (4 children)

You don't see how reading is better than watching a video?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Doesn't it depend on the content? Textbook vs tabloid magazine/ educational video vs top 10 celebrity meltdowns. I don't see how one medium is inherently better than the other.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

It depends on the content, not the media.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 months ago

Why have we got to gatekeep absolutely everything?

[–] Honytawk -5 points 2 months ago

Reading the same nonsense isn't any different from watching it