So far, there is only some user settings accessible in the web interface. I don’t have an iPhone, hence I cannot say for their app. The android app will come later, apparently.

I really wonder if this is just a different frontend for pixelfed that is video-centric, or if it will be something else.

Since it is supposed to be the TikTok of the fediverse, I really wonder if it will, like pixelfed also just feature a chronological timeline? Because what makes TikTok so popular is not the short videos, but the recommendation algorithm that doesn’t even require people to follow any accounts.

If it’s just another chronological media feed then they could have just modified pixelfed to only allow video upload and would jabe archived the same thing. So far I am really wondering if loops is a new thing, or if it will be just another reskin of mastodon/pixelfed/…

27 points

I wonder who is gonna host all those fediverse videos for free…For me that’s a barrier to make peertube more popular

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There are PeerTube servers that allow a certain reasonable amount of content for free.

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im waiting for the android app i guess

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So far, there is only some user settings accessible in the web interface. I don’t have an iPhone, hence I cannot say for their app. The android app will come later, apparently.

I don’t give a shit about TikTok or short form video but legitimately how is this expected to succeed with these limitations? Clearly people like this stuff but can a fediverse service really afford to be iPhone only? This truly seems doomed to fail.

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The android apk should be here this weekend. It’s a one man team working on the development atm.

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Honestly that’s great news, but wouldn’t a web version have made wayyyyyyy more sense?

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Yeah he’s decided to work on a web ui, no eta on that atm tho.

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If apps are native, I think it makes sense. No one watches short videos from PC.

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wait… one-man-show? the same guy who maintains pixelfed which still hasn’t a proper mobile app yet?

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pixeldroid is okayish

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I’m more concerned about scalability. Hosting video gets expensive pretty quickly once people start signing up and using it.

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It’s a temporary situation. This is early adopter alpha stage shit.

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They sound kind of shady, TOS for them is a bit rough.

https://lemmy.ml/comment/14583823

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Sounds like the person who wrote the TOS was all over the place. Likely it’s AI generated.

Loops is currently a one man operation and I imagine TOS was the last thing they were worried about.

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My account got activated but I still can’t see any videos or anything. Its just an empty settings page.

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