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Bluesky is weighing a proposal that gives users consent over how their data is used for AI https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/bluesky-is-weighing-a-proposal-that-gives-users-consent-over-how-their-data-is-used-for-ai/

Tumblr backs Tapestry, a timeline app for the open social web https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/25/tumblr-backs-tapestry-a-timeline-app-for-the-open-social-web/

Clicks brings its BlackBerry-style keyboard case to Android phones https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/25/clicks-brings-its-blackberry-style-keyboard-case-to-android-users/

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

Flashes, a photo-sharing app for Bluesky, opens beta https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/06/flashes-a-photo-sharing-app-for-bluesky-opens-beta/

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/

Did anyone make a utility to follow all your TikTok folks on Reels/YT etc? Like a Chrome extension or something?

Decentralized Instagram alternative Pixelfed launches mobile apps https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/14/decentralized-instagram-alternative-pixelfed-launches-mobile-apps/

Mastodon CEO calls Meta’s moderation changes ‘deeply troubling,’ warns users cross-posting from Threads https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/08/mastodon-ceo-calls-metas-moderation-changes-deeply-troubling-warns-users-cross-posting-from-threads/

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/