[dogtimeimmortal]

"...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..."

Hey, PeerTube is already open source, and works on ActivityPub:

https://joinpeertube.org/

this article is sort of clickbaity

Note, https://loops.video/ splash page doesn't even have any content, just a sign up.

"...interested testers will be emailed when it’s possible to actually start using the new app..."

kinda seems fishy.

Note, PeerTube is functional - you can watch and download videos on it today!

[jszymborski]

PeerTube is more like YouTube than it is TikTok (or Vine before it). It seems like a nit, but there is a fundamental difference in UI.

[tentacleuno]

So why not use Peertube as the distribution medium and just build a UI? Seems like it'd be a lot easier than building an entirely new product.

[jszymborski]

I'm not the authors of Loop nor have I ever tried to contribute to PeerTube so I'm not in the best position to answer that.

What I will say is that I have tried self-hosting PeerTube in the past and it felt very heavy-duty, and I'm not sure I would try to host it again.

[zaik]

Let them build it however they want. The important thing is that it's ActivityPub compliant. Interoperability counts.

[EGreg]

Not to mention YouTube has shorts for years now

[Matl]

It's a bit premature, but if it's made by the same guy who made https://pixelfed.org then he definitely has experience in this area.

[mikae1]

This. It's by @[e-mail] and if there's anything I've learned about this internaut it's that dansup delivers. The work on Pixelfed is exceptional.

Here's a development update from 10 hours ago:

https://mastodon.social/@dansup/113378164241466277

> I'm still working hard on @[e-mail] and aim to get the TestFlight and APK in your hands ASAP