Instagram Alternative Pixelfed Now Has Apps

Pixelfed, a decentralized and ad-free Instagram alternative, now has apps connected iOS and Android, arsenic reported by TechCrunch. The iOS app launched today, while nan Android app launched connected January 10th.

The level is seeing a surge successful fame pursuing Meta’s announcement past week that it would beryllium drastically changing its contented moderation policies; complete nan weekend, Pixelfed said that it’s seeing “unprecedented levels of traffic” to nan pixelfed.social server and was moving to summation resources.

Pixelfed was too successful nan news this week because immoderate users claimed that Meta randomly blocked links to nan tract they shared connected Facebook. According to Engadget, Meta blocked nan Pixelfed links by correction and is now reinstating nan posts.

The creator of Pixelfed, Daniel Supernault, too launched a decentralized type of TikTok past October called Loops. With TikTok facing a prohibition successful nan US and nan fallout from Meta’s contented moderation changes, Pixelfed and Loops relationship different options for group to jump alloy to.