Loops is a Fediverse TikTok alternative by the creator of Pixelfed. We try the app out for a spin, and give our honest thoughts.

Loops aims to be an open Fediverse alternative to TikTok, Snapchat, and Vine. We take an early look at the app, and talk about what it’s like!

  • dudenas@slrpnk.netEnglish
    30·
    7 days ago

    If I understand it right… it will be much more costly to host videocentric platform than other types of content. A serious proposal for sharing the burden of hosting will likely be vital - through funding or decentralized storage/processing. Havent heard about that yet.

    • Sean Tilley@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      7 days ago

      Object Storage is relatively cheap, and goes a long way towards affordable hosting. Processing video, on the other hand…

      • NickwithaC@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        7 days ago

        The very first Youtube video is still up. Any serious competitor is going to need to offer that level of reliability with added benefits to woo users over.

        • noodlejetski@lemm.eeEnglish
          6·
          7 days ago

          have you considered that a platform for sharing short, vertical videos, developed by a single person, perhaps isn’t trying to become a “serious competitor” for Youtube?

        • Jake Farm@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          3·
          7 days ago

          Loops isn’t competing with youtube. I doubt you would be able to find the first tiktok.

  • The Octonaut@mander.xyzEnglish
    4·
    7 days ago

    No source code and no federation just makes this a worse app with less liability for bad actions. Not sure why he’s pushing this before those are ready. Pixelfed itself isn’t exactly finished yet.

  • nixfreak@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    1·
    6 days ago

    Hopefully they implant P2P-CDN , via webtorrent and webrtc to ease bandwidth costs.