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A TikTok alternative called Loops is coming for the fediverse | Users own their content, and Loops doesn’t sell or provide videos to third-party advertisers or train AI on them. It will be open source (www.theverge.com)
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Signups opened this week for Loops, a short-form looping video app from the creator of Instagram alternative Pixelfed, reports TechCrunch.

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[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I think I might like them better if they didn't auto-play. I hate anything that auto-plays.

[–] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 weeks ago

Let's take it a step further, a tile based feed where you can pick yourself what would you like to watch, wait...

[–] Arcka@midwest.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

Don't all modern browsers allow you to disable auto-playing of video, even per-site if desired?