Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoDecentralized Instagram alternative Pixelfed launches mobile appstechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square132fedilinkarrow-up1951arrow-down14
arrow-up1947arrow-down1external-linkDecentralized Instagram alternative Pixelfed launches mobile appstechcrunch.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square132fedilink
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 days agoWhat’s the intended use case for Pixelfed?
minus-squareBlaze (he/him)@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·2 days agoInstagram replacement rather than Imgur For that there is https://catbox.moe/ and https://imgbb.com/
minus-squareQuazarOmega@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days 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-up13·2 days agoIt acts as a Instagram replacement (but is actually about photos and not videos)
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 days 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-up6·2 days agoPixelfed does videos to, and I think federation with loops is planned
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoI hadn’t tried vids! Ok, it could get a whole lot weirder, and/or more informative.
minus-squareMicrow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoWhatever the usecase for Instagram is
What’s the intended use case for Pixelfed?
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
I hadn’t tried vids! Ok, it could get a whole lot weirder, and/or more informative.
Whatever the usecase for Instagram is
https://pixelfed.org/