Loops is officially live on the Google Play Store. To everyone on Android who's been waiting, thank you for sticking around. You've been asking for this since day one, sideloading builds, poking me in replies, reminding me you exist. I heard you the whole time. So here it

Loops (the Fediverse alternative to Tiktok) is now available for both iOS, and Android.

It was previously only available for iOS, or Android (via APK).

  • John@lemmy.mlEnglish
    12·
    2 days ago

    You won’t hear it from the users here obviously, because of self-righteous anti-capitalist views that drove them here in the first place. And I’m not saying they are wrong or it’s a bad thing, but now you’ve got the furry/band kid table from the high school lunch room helping you form your political opinion and consume your time with AWFUL anime memes.

    I’m a “self-righteous” anti-capitalist, but I’m not a furry or band geek.

    That and the confusing system for platforms/instances will drive away everyday users who are used to an easy sign up

    I’ll never really understand this critique of lemmy/fediverse. It’s not that hard. You just, uhh, pick one. If you don’t like it, just pick another.

    If reddit fails, another capitalist will swoop in and take their place.

    I’m not sure about that. Most people prefer the twitter-like platform, short-form content. Reddit style is a dying model imo. It’s not even that useful anymore, as everything is hidden away in Megathreads.

    But yea, I doubt it will ever be mainstream. I’m fine with that though. Nothing I do is very mainstream. I’m just hipster like that I guess.

    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
      11·
      2 days ago

      It’s not that hard.

      Literally any effort at all is too hard for the majority of people. They want the smoothest experience possible, to never have to think.

        • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
          4·
          18 hours ago

          Sure it is. Think about email - the majority don’t actually consciously pick pick an email service, they just get gmail by default and don’t spend even one second thinking about it. There’s no “default” choice here, so they get confused and scared.

          • myszka@lemmy.ml
            3·
            13 hours ago

            Yes, that’s what I mean: the Fediverse implies a more conscious and deliberate use of social media. It’s not intended for people who are more consumerist. So I don’t think the Fediverse itself competes with proprietary social media. I think it’s two different ways of using the Internet that are competing here.

      • John@lemmy.mlEnglish
        9·
        2 days ago

        It’s not any harder than any other platform I’ve had to sign up for for the past 30 years. I have no idea why some of you think it’s so difficult.

        • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
          81·
          21 hours ago

          Did I say it was difficult? Nope!

          These people are basically babies, they want everything spoonfed to them and don’t want to learn about anything.

    • Spooge@lemmy.world
      54·
      2 days ago

      It’s not that hard. You just, uhh, pick one. If you don’t like it, just pick another.

      You overestimate peoples’ abilities and wherewithal.

      • John@lemmy.mlEnglish
        4·
        2 days ago

        Choosing the default instance during signup isn’t what’s keeping people from using the fediverse.

        • Spooge@lemmy.world
          12·
          2 days ago

          I agree. It’s just a small barrier when it comes to the lack of content and sensitive community.