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Sippeon1@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• pelespirit@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That’s misleading, they plan on being open sourced according to pubs:

  Similar to how Mastodon offers an open source, distributed version of X, the fediverse is getting its own TikTok competitor. This week, an app called Loops began accepting signups on its new platform for sharing short, looping videos. Still in the early stages, Loops is not yet open sourced, nor has it completed its integration with ActivityPub, the protocol that powers Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube, and other federated apps.

  However, both those efforts are in the works and when complete, will allow Loops to add another layer of social activity to the growing open social web known as the fediverse, which now has north of 11.6 million users and over 1 million monthly active users. (Mastodon accounts for roughly 65% of that activity.) Growth in this space has also encouraged other apps to adopt ActivityPub, like social magazine app Flipboard and Meta’s Threads. The latter is not yet fully integrated but already has more than 200 million monthly active users.

  techcrunch.com/…/the-fediverse-is-getting-its-own…

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  • RobotToaster@mander.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Wait, what’s this if it’s closed source? github.com/joinloops/loops-server

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    • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m not trying to fight with you, I’m trying to give the guy the benefit of the doubt. Maybe we could get the creator to come in here and explain what’s going on.

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  • Sippeon1@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    My apologies, I called UpScrolled closed source because it is, not Loops.

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    • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      So Loops is open sourced then?

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      • Sippeon1@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Yes.

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    • RobotToaster@mander.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Oh, that makes a lot more sense.

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  • RobotToaster@mander.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They’ve been promising it will be open source for a year now.

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    • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Isn’t piefed open source? You might be right, but we’ll see, yeah?

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      • Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Pixelfed (Instagram-like) not PieFed (Reddit-like)

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      • theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        The benefit is less distractions and pointless organization for a project in the early stages

        Open sourcing things is a pain in the ass. It’s common to get the core project working before doing so

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      • whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Pixelfed ≠ Piefed

        but it is open source

        Pixelfed is open-sourced software licensed under the AGPL license. github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed?tab=readme-ov-file#l…

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• whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  What is closed source ? Aren’t those up to date?

  github.com/joinloops/loops-server#license

  Loops Server is open-sourced software licensed under the AGPL license.

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