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The website for Loops.video now has a countdown timer, indicating three days until... something. Either Skynet awakening, or the opening for registration of the new federated TikTok style app. (loops.video)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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I don't know if you have heard, but Loops.video is a Reels/Tiktok like app from the creator of Pixelfed. I recall it being announced, and checked just now on a whim. All of a sudden, it appears pretty close to ready to launch!

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[–] coke38 -4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Remindme! 4 days

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Loops got postponed unfortunately

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@wanderingmagus Ok, I will remind you on Wednesday Oct 9, 2024 at 3:01 PM PDT.

[–] tomsh 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Me also

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately they postponed it 11 days because Meta, of course, also announced an unrelated program named "Loops", and now the FOSS project manager doesn't want to release something that would seem like an afterthought in comparison. 11 days is apparently enough time to do last-minute ultra-polishing to get it ready to tell Threads to go f itself. We'll see what happens.

[–] tomsh 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a shame, I hope it will succeed. Do you think Meta's move is related and intentional?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Very possible. It's not like Loops was a secret, and it would be a direct competitor to Instagram Reels. Plus, E/E/E and all that.

[–] tomsh 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't follow too much, so I don't know what E/E/E/ is, but it would be interesting if Meta is afraid of the fediverse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It stands for "embrace, extend, extinguish", a strategy used by Microsoft in the past to take over formerly open source projects.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish

Many people speculated that the creation of Threads and one-way federation was a similar tactic, and now with the Loops thing.

[–] tomsh 1 points 2 months ago

Thank you for the explanation, it makes sense, destroy them while they are small.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@wanderingmagus Here is your reminder!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Thanks!