we need a new app

Has anyone developed an alternative app to tiktok yet? So many people stay on tiktok because it provides a source of news, education, and entertainment. But now content is being censored in America and I fear it’s going to get worse. Im talking an app completely free and adless - perhaps made as a hobby by someone with a passion. Maybe there’s an option to make a donation to support the developers. It could be the social media app to end social media apps. There could be a section for chatting with friends like DM’s on instagram. Maybe when posting you place it into a category - like ‘news’, ‘entertainment’, or ‘education’ and under those there could be tags for things like ‘American politics’, ‘climate change’, ‘science’ etc to make it easier to find things. I’m so sick of supporting billionaires by using their apps just because there’s no good alternative. Is there something like this that exists?

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XIVIOXover 1 year ago1

"Im talking an app completely free and adless - perhaps made as a hobby by someone with a passion."

Do you think apps like TikTok are free to host and maintain or something?

Maybe there’s an option to make a donation to support the developers.

TikTok alone costs around $8million a month to just host the videos and that's not even talking about the cost of paying employees and other stuff.

Famous_Maintenance_5over 1 year ago1

How about Rednote?

blarielover 1 year ago1

I would pay 10$ a month for an adless tiktok alternative. Give me actual filter controls, and I'm in. And an autoscroller that works, half the time I'm playing it in the background for noise.

Standard_Reception29over 1 year ago1

Bluesky is coming out with a app soon! It's already in beta testing.

Wickywireover 1 year ago1

Skylight is in beta. A federated version of TikTok, meaning there will never be a single big rich owner to screw us over. Follow them @ skylight.social over on Bluesky.

SirAlbert94over 1 year ago1

Triller app

rajatchakrabover 1 year ago1

Bluesky and X just launched tiktok-like feeds :)

Crafty-Royal525over 1 year ago1

I was too quick and deleted the app and now cannot get it back. Honestly, I have not missed it at all.

Low_Insurance_2416over 1 year ago1

TikTok itself isn’t even adless, I think u mean by ur not forced to watch an ad to watch a vid

sucadad1989over 1 year ago1

I've seen people talking about Neptune, also PeopleTok and I think it's called Clearlite are in the works as well. There's also Nostr, which is blockchain, and Clearlite they're talking about having it on web3 and/or p2p, outside the government's control. Which is exciting. For now I think all the non-maga ppl are still over on Rednote.