TikTok Alternative "Loops" is now on Google Play

https://blog.joinloops.org/loops-is-now-on-google-play/

Crossposted from https://lemmy.zip/post/66192517

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mrdown@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 65d (3 replies)

It is a tiktok alternative not instagram alternative

atro_city@fedia.io · 15 pts · 65d

Sorry, let me change the title. I don't use the big tech stuff, so not sure what to compare it to exactly.

popcar2@programming.dev · 12 pts · 65d (1 reply)

Practically the same thing really

quill7513@anarchist.nexus · 18 pts · 65d

for real. it's 2026. everything with social features is tiktok. instagram, facebook, youtube. they're all tiktok

nocturne@slrpnk.net · 16 pts · 65d (2 replies)

I wish it would stop showing videos i have already seen.

Mihies@programming.dev · 23 pts · 65d

Since it's OSS, you can make a feature request or even implement the feature yourself, I guess.

ghodawalaaman@programming.dev · 0 pts · 65d

that's the meat and potato of these addictive platforms, I wonder if anyone will ever open source it. twitter does that half assed I think

escudella@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 65d (5 replies)

Is this different from Pixelfred?

jagermo@feddit.org · 24 pts · 65d (2 replies)

It's from the same dev, focusing on short videos

AmyAye@nord.pub · 9 pts · 65d (1 reply)

Wouldn't that make it a TikTok alternative? Or has Instagram stopped being a photo platform?

jagermo@feddit.org · 8 pts · 65d

It sadly has.

BestBouclettes@jlai.lu · 18 pts · 65d

It's more of a TikTok or Instagram Reels alternative than a standard Instagram one.

atro_city@fedia.io · 3 pts · 65d

It's the video part of instagram

Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 65d (3 replies)

It's very German centric in the default server but everything seems to work well

greenbit@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 65d (2 replies)

Noticed the same and iirc shifted instance anyway when this came out. Is it easier now to see an all-instance feed?

Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 65d (1 reply)

I haven't really figured that out yet but it doesn't seem to work like Lemmy or Mastodon

greenbit@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 65d

Downloaded the new version and it seems to still be manual browsing only. The project discord might have more info but I avoid that app

Etterra@discuss.online · 4 pts · 64d

Short form and vertical videos are cancer. The cure is not an open source viewer - not watching that slop entirely is.

onlinepersona@programming.dev · 1 pts · 64d

@dansup@mastodon.social https://joinloops.org/ renders extremely slowly. Scrolling is very laggy. At least in my mobile phone from 3 years ago.

quick_snail@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 64d

Is it possible to post a video from the website yet?

Last I tried even the most basic feature wasn't implemented lol