Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoDecentralized Instagram alternative Pixelfed launches mobile appstechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkDecentralized Instagram alternative Pixelfed launches mobile appstechcrunch.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square105fedilink
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoWhat’s the intended use case for Pixelfed?
minus-squareMicrow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoWhatever the usecase for Instagram is
minus-squareBlaze (he/him)@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoInstagram replacement rather than Imgur For that there is https://catbox.moe/ and https://imgbb.com/
minus-squareQuazarOmega@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 hours agoPixelfed can be used as image hoster likewise, those 2 you mention are proprietary, so if one cared about that, they might prefer Pixelfed
minus-squareRmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoIt acts as a Instagram replacement (but is actually about photos and not videos)
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoloops.video is aiming for the video segment. Tho’ it seems like one app for pix and vids would be nifty.
minus-squareRmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 hours agoPixelfed does videos to, and I think federation with loops is planned
What’s the intended use case for Pixelfed?
Whatever the usecase for Instagram is
Instagram replacement rather than Imgur
For that there is https://catbox.moe/ and https://imgbb.com/
Pixelfed can be used as image hoster likewise, those 2 you mention are proprietary, so if one cared about that, they might prefer Pixelfed
It acts as a Instagram replacement (but is actually about photos and not videos)
loops.video is aiming for the video segment. Tho’ it seems like one app for pix and vids would be nifty.
Pixelfed does videos to, and I think federation with loops is planned
https://pixelfed.org/