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Loops is a federated alternative to TikTok created by Pixelfed. Once it first came out, users were able to sign up for early access. Confirmation emails weren't sent right away, but today they announced that emails were being sent out, and registration is now closed.

I got a confirmation email today, attached in the image. I will be loosely documenting my experience, and may (no promises) make a writeup about it.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (6 children)

Go read their ToS/Privacy Pokicy. This should be a PSA not to use it.

https://lemmy.ml/comment/14583823

Check the replies too.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Oof. I want to cheer this project on as much as anybody, but there's no two ways around it, those terms have every appearance of being extreme and expansive. Just to copy it here for others to see:

When you post Contributions, you grant us a license (including use of your name, trademarks, and logos): By posting any Contributions, you grant us an unrestricted, unlimited, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, fully-paid, worldwide right, and license to: use, copy, reproduce, distribute, sell, resell, publish, broadcast, retitle, store, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, excerpt (in whole or in part), and exploit your Contributions (including, without limitation, your image, name, and voice) for any purpose, commercial, advertising, or otherwise, to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, your Contributions, and to sublicense the licenses granted in this section. Our use and distribution may occur in any media formats and through any media channels.

This license 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.

https://loops.video/legal/terms-of-service

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

From the constant launch delays to this ToS, this is how not to launch a new Fediverse project 101 lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Or any project

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Itch.io has the same thing btw

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago

thanks for bringing that up

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago