Notices by Sarah Perez 💙 (sarahp@mastodon.social)

These apps are building Instagram alternatives on open protocols https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/09/these-apps-are-building-instagram-alternatives-on-open-protocols/

Open source alternatives to Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp raise funds on Kickstarter https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/24/open-source-alternatives-to-instagram-tiktok-and-whatsapp-raise-funds-on-kickstarter/

Apple again snubs AI in its ‘iPhone App of the Year’ finalists https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/25/apple-again-snubs-ai-in-its-iphone-app-of-the-year-finalists/

‘For You’ feeds fail on election night, offering outdated information, angering users https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/06/for-you-feeds-fail-on-election-night-offering-outdated-information-angering-users/

The fediverse is getting its own TikTok competitor called Loops https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/25/the-fediverse-is-getting-its-own-tiktok-competitor-called-loops/

Elon Musk’s X is changing its privacy policy to allow third parties to train AI on your posts https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/17/elon-musks-x-is-changing-its-privacy-policy-to-allow-third-parties-to-train-ai-on-your-posts/

@Gargron ty! I fixed this!

X rival Mastodon has started selling toys https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/15/x-rival-mastodon-has-started-selling-toys/

@Gargron unfortunately, there are other protocols out there trying to do the same

Openvibe combines Mastodon, Bluesky and Nostr into one social app https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/09/openvibe-combines-mastodon-bluesky-and-nostr-into-one-social-app/

@Gargron @TechCrunch yes! I’m first!

Substack rival Ghost federates its first newsletter https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/08/substack-rival-ghost-federates-its-first-newsletter/

Twitter is just Gab now

@Gargron curious what are the select profiles? besides mosseri. How do we find them?

@Gargron so sad 😭

Apple cuts off Beeper Mini’s access after launch of service that brought iMessage to Android: https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/08/apple-cuts-off-beeper-minis-access-after-launch-of-service-that-brought-imessage-to-android/

Mastodon tackles the problem of ‘reply guys’ with its latest feature: https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/22/mastodon-tackles-the-problem-of-reply-guys-with-its-latest-feature/

@Gargron thought about this too. Pebble believed trust & safety is too difficult on distributed networks, so made an intentional choice to be a centralized network. That was part of their value prop, but it didn't end up working out for them

Spotify spotted prepping a $19.99/mo ‘Superpremium’ service with lossless audio, AI playlists and more: https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/06/spotify-spotted-prepping-a-19-99-mo-superpremium-service-with-lossless-audio-ai-playlists-and-more/

Amid Twitter chaos, Mastodon grew donations 488% in 2022, reached 1.8M monthly active users: https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/02/amid-twitter-chaos-mastodon-grew-donations-488-in-2022-reached-1-8m-monthly-active-users/