Every TikTok "alternative" is just another VC-funded data harvesting machine cosplaying as your friend.
Why is https://joinloops.org the only real open source option?
Because surveillance capitalism pays better than freedom.
Judge platforms by their code, not their marketing.
If it's not open source, you're not the user, you're the product being sold.
@dansup
> Every TikTok "alternative" is just another VC-funded data harvesting machine
> Why is https://joinloops.org the only real open source option?
It's not though, there's also diVine.video (Nostr);
https://divine.video/open-source
Also Skylight (ATProto), which doesn't seem to have published source code yet, but that was also true of Loops when it first launched;
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz @dansup@mastodon.social
Skylight is funded by Mark Cuban, wad founded by a pair of pro-AI at least somewhat libertarian tech bros, and runs on AtProto. No reason to not go back to Twitter if that's what you are looking for.
@o76923
> Skylight is funded by Mark Cuban, wad founded by a pair of pro-AI at least somewhat libertarian tech bros
https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/115954373499698608
> runs on AtProto
> go back to Twitter
If the-skip-fire-formerly-known-as-Twitter was running on ATProto, that would be progress.
Side note: I suspect "libertarian" isn't the word you're looking for there, if you mean people with lower-my-taxes and 'replace all public institution with corporations' brainworms, technofascist is a more accurate term.
@strypey divine is vine, not TikTok, skylight is vc funded lol
@dansup
> divine is vine, not TikTok
That's a distinction without a difference. Both are short video services.
> skylight is vc funded
I agree this is far from ideal, but it's also orthogonal to the question under discussion. I wouldn't use or recommend it until full source code is available, but that was also true of Loops. I'm presuming full source for Loops is available now?
@strypey it’s quite an important distinction between max 6 second videos on divine compared to max 3 minutes on Loops, it’s a very different experience.
The full Loops platform has been open source for half a year with a dozen instances available!
@dansup
> max 6 second videos on divine compared to max 3 minutes on Loops, it’s a very different experience
Fair point.
> The full Loops platform has been open source for half a year with a dozen instances available!
Congratulations! I've recommended Loops to a number of young radicals I know. Hopefully some of them have checked it out.
