2025-01-14
Pixelfed, Instagram's decentralized competitor, is now on iOS and Android
Pixelfed is now available as a mobile apps for both iOS and Android. The open source, decentralized platform offers image sharing similar to Instagram. However, Pixelfed has no advertisements and does not share user data with third parties. The platform launched in 2018, but was only available on the web or through third-party app clients. The Android app debuted on January 9 and the iOS app released today.
Creator Daniel Supernault posted on Mastodon Monday evening that the platform had 11,000 users join over the preceding 24 hours and that [...]
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Meta admits it deleted links to decentralized Instagram competitor Pixelfed
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The Morning After: What to expect from Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event next week
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2025-03-28
Instagram will let you watch Reels at twice the speed
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2025-05-09
The Morning After: What we learned from the FTC v. Meta antitrust trial (so far)
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Apple should focus on fixing Siri, not redesigning iOS again
Now that Apple’s recent slew of hardware releases are behind us, we got some news on the software side last week. First, the company publicly announced that it was delaying the smarter, more persona [...]