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[-] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 36 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Or Loops. You know, being open source, privacy respecting and all that.

Nah, just kidding. Who wants any of that when you have the little red book instead.

Edit: Turns out, the fine print of Loops is worth reading.

[-] drawaline@beehaw.org 18 points 3 days ago

Or maybe people don't want to join an app with no app (other than a TestFlight version, as far as I can see) and no user base? Maybe?

[-] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Mastodon use to be tiny at some point, but some people joined anyway.

[-] Anarki_ 8 points 3 days ago

Loops privacy policy is shit btw.

Better that than TT or RedNote though.

[-] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 days ago

I just read it on their website and it looks pretty standard. What's so shite about it?

[-] Anarki_ 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Sorry, my bad. The privacy is pretty standard, it's the terms that are shady. Specifically §7

  1. CONTRIBUTION LICENSE

By posting your Contributions to any part of the Services or making Contributions accessible to the Services by linking your account from the Services to any of your social networking accounts, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to us an unrestricted, unlimited, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, fully-paid, worldwide right, and license to host, use, copy, reproduce, disclose, sell, resell, publish, broadcast, retitle, archive, store, cache, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, transmit, excerpt (in whole or in part), and distribute such Contributions (including, without limitation, your image and voice) for any purpose, commercial, advertising, or otherwise, and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such Contributions, and grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing. The use and distribution may occur in any media formats and through any media channels.

This license will apply to any form, media, or technology now known or hereafter developed, and includes our use of your name, company name, and franchise name, as applicable, and any of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, and personal and commercial images you provide. You waive all moral rights in your Contributions, and you warrant that moral rights have not otherwise been asserted in your Contributions.

[-] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

Thanks! Yeah, I saw this and thought it's a bit disingenuous to push Loops as a "privacy" forward option when it's all the same as any other social media TOS.

[-] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago

https://mastodon.social/@dansup/113848396412970536

also @lunarloony@lemmy.sdf.org so that I don't have to spam the thread with replies

[-] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 days ago
[-] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Thanks for the link. I needed a deep dive like this.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 days ago

Rights are soooo gen X.

[-] Xanatos@mastodon.gamedev.place 2 points 2 days ago

@TranquilTurbulence @orca
I think it still needs some time to get ready.

At least until the app is available without side loading or testflight.

But I think it will be great

[-] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 2 points 2 days ago

I like Loops too! I’ve ditched everything except Loops and RedNote for social media.

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