I wouldn't consider that worse. At least if they post on twitter I can get an RSS feed via xcancel or other alternative frontends. So far I haven't found a good/consistent workaround for artists who exclusively post on Instagram or Tiktok.
are you familiar with RSS Bridge? it adds a bunch of workarounds to create RSS feeds for websites that don't support one. there's unfortunately no working Instagram bridge as far as I know, but it works for TikTok. there used to be a few proxy websites like OffTiktok that opened TikTok posts (and you could set them up to redirect automatically via LibRedirect), but it looks like there are no more, so for the few people that I want to follow there and who don't post their videos anywhere else, I just use yt-dlp to download the videos and watch them locally. a bit of a pain, I know.
It's a Docker container called Media Roller (I'm not the dev). I don't expose it to the outside, just for personal use, so I don't need to fiddle with apps on my phone.
I usually just open links in the browser, generally I have to go to desktop mode and it will play, at least for twitter, tiktoks, and facebook stuff the family sends me
Yeah ... I begrudgingly have WhatsApp because everyone else uses it. I've already opted out of FB Marketplace which everyone around my area uses apparently.
I keep getting links to Instagram or Tiktok and I have to find the "continue to web" link just to know what my friends are showing me.
I also don't know why AliExpress and Temu want me to install their apps. There's like no way I'm going to install an app for that ...
It's not a matter of lazyness, there are quite a few work rounds described even under this post.
It's a matter of principle. The harder companies make it to watch it's content without a user, the less I'm going to use it. Not jump through hoops to still watch it's content. Social media has become a cancer and should be avoided like the disease it is. It should be treated with utter contempt.
Remain strong to your stance. All my friends know theres no point to send any videos as most no longer work without an app and are complete eyesore to watch in browser mode and i absolutely refuse to defile my phone with tiktok. So if they actually want to show me a good video, they have to physically come to me and show it from their phone. That kinda guarantees that the video is good enough.
They download the video using the shitty app and send it to me, what else i should mean?
It's not a matter of lazyness
Dom't put words in my mouth, thank you
there are quite a few work rounds described even under this post. It's a matter of principle. The harder companies make it to watch it's content without a user, the less I'm going to use it. Not jump through hoops to still watch it's content. Social media has become a cancer and should be avoided like the disease it is. It should be treated with utter contempt.
That's why i tell them to dowload the video for me and send in chat instead of sending of expecting me to use tiktok
Fair, my bad. I misunderstood. i did interpet it as downloading the app to your phone, as i wasn't aware that those videos could obviously be downloaded as well.
Seal is a good workaround app for seeing videos behind links you don't want to open. Sometimes I get Instagram or tiktok links I can't open, so I just paste the video link into the downloader, watch it once, and then discard it.
mpv also uses yt-dlp whenever installed, although it is referred to in the docs as youtube-dl for historical reasons. You can specify stuff with --ytdl-format (yt-dlp -f equivalent) and --ytdl-raw-options (=thing=thing,anotherthing=anotherthing). Pop in a --ytdl-format=251 with a YouTube playlist and you get a nice little music player.
Never. It is always the stupidest shit you've ever seen, but never the funniest. Last night at work, guy stands there holding his phone at me for 2+ minutes of a fat guy eating a burger and describing it. All I could think of was how much my respect for him was going down the more I watched.
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cRazi_man@europe.pub · 93 pts · 61d
I love webcomics. Makes me sad to come across a good webcomic that only publishes on Instagram and had no RSS feed. It is upsettingly common.
Quadrexium@sopuli.xyz · 30 pts · 61d
worse is when they only post on twitter
rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio · 26 pts · 61d
I wouldn't consider that worse. At least if they post on twitter I can get an RSS feed via xcancel or other alternative frontends. So far I haven't found a good/consistent workaround for artists who exclusively post on Instagram or Tiktok.
teolan@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 61d
Instagram has imginn.com
noodlejetski@piefed.social · 6 pts · 61d
sadly it doesn't support RSS feeds, so you have to remember to check the accounts manually.
Sequence5666@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 60d
And it is ad based , so why watch ads to enjoy comics?
noodlejetski@piefed.social · 1 pts · 60d
I use ad blockers on all my devices, so I haven't seen a single ad when opening the website.
Sequence5666@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 59d
Even with pihole the ads appear on firefox mobile.
gratux@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 60d
Also kittygram.
noodlejetski@piefed.social · 7 pts · 60d
are you familiar with RSS Bridge? it adds a bunch of workarounds to create RSS feeds for websites that don't support one. there's unfortunately no working Instagram bridge as far as I know, but it works for TikTok. there used to be a few proxy websites like OffTiktok that opened TikTok posts (and you could set them up to redirect automatically via LibRedirect), but it looks like there are no more, so for the few people that I want to follow there and who don't post their videos anywhere else, I just use yt-dlp to download the videos and watch them locally. a bit of a pain, I know.
Phantaloons@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 60d
Shows you what they really care about.
Samskara@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 60d
Views
irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 43 pts · 61d
I made a frontend for instagram if anyone's interested: https://codeberg.org/irelephant/kittygram
pomegranatefern@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 60d
Oh damn, didn't know you were on Lemmy. I use Kittygram CONSTANTLY! Thank you for your work.
solidheron@sh.itjust.works · 31 pts · 61d
God tiktok is so annoying. Why can't I just view this one video and move on
Notyou@sopuli.xyz · 19 pts · 61d
I assumed that they didn't want me to view it, so I took the hint and moved on.
SatyrSack@quokk.au · 7 pts · 61d
If I really want to view it, I download the video with yt-dlp.
AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social · 3 pts · 61d
Same. I host a very simple frontend app on my server with yt-dlp backend. Copy-paste URL and that's it. Don't even have to download to my phone.
printerhell@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 60d
Whats the setup? Do you have a github or codeberg repo?
AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social · 1 pts · 60d
It's a Docker container called Media Roller (I'm not the dev). I don't expose it to the outside, just for personal use, so I don't need to fiddle with apps on my phone.
printerhell@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 60d
Thanks! I’ll give it a go.
solidheron@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 60d
Good to know.
xylol@leminal.space · 3 pts · 61d
I usually just open links in the browser, generally I have to go to desktop mode and it will play, at least for twitter, tiktoks, and facebook stuff the family sends me
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 61d
Im in this picture and send it to the only 2 people I know who'd care
They didn't
Chivera@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 60d
Me too brother, me too.
blazeknave@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 61d
I couldn't access info on an earthquake I just experienced bc the govt only posted on Instagram and I didnt want to login.
diaphragmwp@discuss.tchncs.de · -23 pts · 61d
Here's the info so you don't have to. Land is on giant rocks. Sometimes, the giant rocks hit each other and shake. The end.
Gladaed@feddit.org · 19 pts · 61d
For instagram imginn exists. I am sure there is an account less variant for Tiktok
kutt@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 60d
There’s Urlebird but I believe you can only search hashtags and usernames, doesn’t work with links directly
Chivera@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 60d
Thank you!
rumba@lemmy.zip · 18 pts · 61d
I just throw instagram into https://fastdl.app/ and facebook into https://fdown.net/
Tiktok generally lets you use the webclient without logging in enough to get a single link to work.
peopleproblems@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 61d
Interesting. I didnt know that. Good i hate the app
cRazi_man@europe.pub · 4 pts · 60d
Try Nora
From f-droid:
SNS browser. Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Threads, X and more in a single app.
Features
• Multiple accounts with separate cookie storage
• Blocklist (EasyList and EasyPrivacy)
• Download image
• Download fb/ig reel
• Usage limits
• Select text
• Zoom
• Remove tracking url query params
Supported SNS
• Bluesky
• Facebook
• Instagram
• LinkedIn
• Reddit
• Threads
• TikTok
• Tumblr
• VK
• X (Twitter)
How it works
• Wrap the SNS websites in Android webview
• Inject code to block ads
Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org · 1 pts · 60d
Or just don't use those at all. Most of it is not worth the trouble and TikTok should be avoided anyway.
switcheroo@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 61d
Same with Facebook links. I am not clicking that. Don't care what "funniest shit I ever seen" is on there. FB is trash.
lobut@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 61d
Yeah ... I begrudgingly have WhatsApp because everyone else uses it. I've already opted out of FB Marketplace which everyone around my area uses apparently.
I keep getting links to Instagram or Tiktok and I have to find the "continue to web" link just to know what my friends are showing me.
I also don't know why AliExpress and Temu want me to install their apps. There's like no way I'm going to install an app for that ...
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it · 5 pts · 61d
When people send me tiktok videos i just answer "remember that i don't have tiktok so i can't see it?" And after a while, they download it for me
kahoodd@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 61d
nahh, I just don't let tiktok people come near me :)
Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org · 1 pts · 60d
What do you mean they download it for you?
It's not a matter of lazyness, there are quite a few work rounds described even under this post. It's a matter of principle. The harder companies make it to watch it's content without a user, the less I'm going to use it. Not jump through hoops to still watch it's content. Social media has become a cancer and should be avoided like the disease it is. It should be treated with utter contempt.
Remain strong to your stance. All my friends know theres no point to send any videos as most no longer work without an app and are complete eyesore to watch in browser mode and i absolutely refuse to defile my phone with tiktok. So if they actually want to show me a good video, they have to physically come to me and show it from their phone. That kinda guarantees that the video is good enough.
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it · 6 pts · 60d
They download the video using the shitty app and send it to me, what else i should mean?
Dom't put words in my mouth, thank you
That's why i tell them to dowload the video for me and send in chat instead of sending of expecting me to use tiktok
Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org · 1 pts · 60d
Fair, my bad. I misunderstood. i did interpet it as downloading the app to your phone, as i wasn't aware that those videos could obviously be downloaded as well.
xXSirDanglesXx@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 60d
Seal is a good workaround app for seeing videos behind links you don't want to open. Sometimes I get Instagram or tiktok links I can't open, so I just paste the video link into the downloader, watch it once, and then discard it.
Zephorah@discuss.online · 9 pts · 61d
I’ve never downloaded either. Am I missing anything?
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 61d
Brainrot addiction
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 61d
Spyware and constant attempts to addict you. Guessing those aren't your thing
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 61d
Spyware and psyops.
Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org · 2 pts · 60d
Noup, not at all. Your not losing out on anything of value.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 60d
Even if you can see my jailbait titays? 🥭 🤱
Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org · 3 pts · 60d
There are better places for that with wider selection.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 60d
Oh, yeah? 🍈
Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org · 2 pts · 60d
Even the old classic has a wide selection of everything.
Though what's the watermelon emoji supposed to mean?
kadotux@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 60d
Tiddies, probably? I don't know, I'm old..
Kowowow@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 61d
If it's good enough it'll reach escape velocity
multifariace@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 60d
Also Pintrest in search results.
Arachnidbrilliant@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 61d
Same
Sivecano@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 61d
yt-dlp can download videos from tiktok and instagram. That's what I use when I have to
diaphragmwp@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 61d
mpvalso usesyt-dlpwhenever installed, although it is referred to in the docs asyoutube-dlfor historical reasons. You can specify stuff with --ytdl-format (yt-dlp -f equivalent) and --ytdl-raw-options (=thing=thing,anotherthing=anotherthing). Pop in a--ytdl-format=251with a YouTube playlist and you get a nice little music player.Hedup@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 61d
Do they not get metadata about your machine even if you use yt-dlp?
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 61d
Is it all that funny though?
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 61d
Never. It is always the stupidest shit you've ever seen, but never the funniest. Last night at work, guy stands there holding his phone at me for 2+ minutes of a fat guy eating a burger and describing it. All I could think of was how much my respect for him was going down the more I watched.
GhostFace@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 61d
Instagram used to be really good.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 61d
For the two years it wasn't owned by facebook?
alexquiniou@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 60d
Use ytdlnis to download on you phone if needed. Work for sharing with people who don't have an account.
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.deniscerri.ytdl
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 61d
Dan vs The Algorithm would be a pretty good episode concept.
RoyaltyInTraining@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 60d
Whenever someone sends one of those cursed tiktok links, I just run yt-dlp on it.