The Fediverse might be getting their own mashups of Tiktok, YouTube, and Vine sooner than anyone thought, thanks to the work of one prolific dev spearheading an effort. The best part? He’s helping other projects in the space, too.

  • CrayonRosary@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Why do short videos have to loop automatically with no way to turn it off? Who the hell decided that was a good idea and why has every other app followed suit?

    I especially hate the ones designed to loop because they think it’s “so clever”.

    “Never play with liquid mercury
    It’s really bad for your health and shit
    That’s why you should…”

    🤮

    • Scrollone@feddit.it
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      9 months ago

      Because they increase usage of the apps. People just doom scroll and keep playing.

      It’s a horrible thing IMO

    • MBM@lemmings.world
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      9 months ago

      It’s like the darkest pattern. Making it so that quitting has to be a conscious choice. I see why amoral companies would use it, don’t know why FOSS would too.