It feels like I'm racing against a bunch of 3rd party developers, but at the same time, I fucking love it.

[dansup@mastodon.social]

It feels like I'm racing against a bunch of 3rd party developers, but at the same time, I fucking love it.

Instead of trying to limit 3rd party developers, I'm going to embrace them.

Working on the API docs now.

The loops community will find the best app(s) for them, and that's all that really matters.

Putting people first is amazing, it's that "magic" that makes the fediverse so special.

https://loops.video

[lawmanlungis@mastodon.social]

@dansup If this means people will *stop* sharing YouTube links, the world will forever be in your debt.

[chad@mstdn.ca]

@dansup You're doing an amazing job.

[dansup@mastodon.social]

@chad Thanks man, you are doing an amazing job too

[nunesgh@mastodon.social]

@dansup
Wise move!
I also appreciate that you developed #Loops as a separate project from #Pixelfed. I know lots of people like the vertical, short-video format, but I'm not a fan. In fact, Instagram's imposition of Reels on everyone was the last straw that finally broke that platform for me.

[im_dylan@mastodon.social]

@dansup why would you race against 3rd party devs if the goal is for this to be open source? Excited for all future updates for Loops!

[dansup@mastodon.social]

@Im_Dylan well that was my thought process until I remembered why I'm doing this, thus that post.

Instead of trying to limit Loops to official clients only, and play war games with the API, I'd rather just embrace them and work together.

you don't typically see this type of mindset, but the fediverse isn't normal.

[im_dylan@mastodon.social]

@dansup solid answer. Thanks for your quick response. Cant wait for what the future holds for all your projects.