I made a frontend for instagram if anyone's interested: https://codeberg.org/irelephant/kittygram
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Oh damn, didn't know you were on Lemmy. I use Kittygram CONSTANTLY! Thank you for your work.
I just throw instagram into https://fastdl.app/ and facebook into https://fdown.net/
Tiktok generally lets you use the webclient without logging in enough to get a single link to work.
Interesting. I didnt know that. Good i hate the app
Try Nora
From f-droid:
SNS browser. Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Threads, X and more in a single app.
Features
• Multiple accounts with separate cookie storage
• Blocklist (EasyList and EasyPrivacy)
• Download image
• Download fb/ig reel
• Usage limits
• Select text
• Zoom
• Remove tracking url query params
Supported SNS
• Bluesky
• Threads
• TikTok
• Tumblr
• VK
• X (Twitter)
How it works
• Wrap the SNS websites in Android webview
• Inject code to block ads
I couldn't access info on an earthquake I just experienced bc the govt only posted on Instagram and I didnt want to login.
Same with Facebook links. I am not clicking that. Don't care what "funniest shit I ever seen" is on there. FB is trash.
I love webcomics. Makes me sad to come across a good webcomic that only publishes on Instagram and had no RSS feed. It is upsettingly common.
Shows you what they really care about.
worse is when they only post on twitter
I wouldn't consider that worse. At least if they post on twitter I can get an RSS feed via xcancel or other alternative frontends. So far I haven't found a good/consistent workaround for artists who exclusively post on Instagram or Tiktok.
are you familiar with RSS Bridge? it adds a bunch of workarounds to create RSS feeds for websites that don't support one. there's unfortunately no working Instagram bridge as far as I know, but it works for TikTok. there used to be a few proxy websites like OffTiktok that opened TikTok posts (and you could set them up to redirect automatically via LibRedirect), but it looks like there are no more, so for the few people that I want to follow there and who don't post their videos anywhere else, I just use yt-dlp to download the videos and watch them locally. a bit of a pain, I know.
Instagram has imginn.com
sadly it doesn't support RSS feeds, so you have to remember to check the accounts manually.
God tiktok is so annoying. Why can't I just view this one video and move on
I assumed that they didn't want me to view it, so I took the hint and moved on.
If I really want to view it, I download the video with yt-dlp.
Same. I host a very simple frontend app on my server with yt-dlp backend. Copy-paste URL and that's it. Don't even have to download to my phone.
Good to know.
Whats the setup? Do you have a github or codeberg repo?
It's a Docker container called Media Roller (I'm not the dev). I don't expose it to the outside, just for personal use, so I don't need to fiddle with apps on my phone.
Thanks! I’ll give it a go.
I usually just open links in the browser, generally I have to go to desktop mode and it will play, at least for twitter, tiktoks, and facebook stuff the family sends me
Use ytdlnis to download on you phone if needed. Work for sharing with people who don't have an account.
Im in this picture and send it to the only 2 people I know who'd care
They didn't
Me too brother, me too.
For instagram imginn exists. I am sure there is an account less variant for Tiktok
Thank you!
Yeah ... I begrudgingly have WhatsApp because everyone else uses it. I've already opted out of FB Marketplace which everyone around my area uses apparently.
I keep getting links to Instagram or Tiktok and I have to find the "continue to web" link just to know what my friends are showing me.
I also don't know why AliExpress and Temu want me to install their apps. There's like no way I'm going to install an app for that ...
Seal is a good workaround app for seeing videos behind links you don't want to open. Sometimes I get Instagram or tiktok links I can't open, so I just paste the video link into the downloader, watch it once, and then discard it.
When people send me tiktok videos i just answer "remember that i don't have tiktok so i can't see it?" And after a while, they download it for me
nahh, I just don't let tiktok people come near me :)
Is it all that funny though?
Never. It is always the stupidest shit you've ever seen, but never the funniest. Last night at work, guy stands there holding his phone at me for 2+ minutes of a fat guy eating a burger and describing it. All I could think of was how much my respect for him was going down the more I watched.
I’ve never downloaded either. Am I missing anything?
Brainrot addiction
Spyware and psyops.
Spyware and constant attempts to addict you. Guessing those aren't your thing
If it's good enough it'll reach escape velocity
Same
yt-dlp can download videos from tiktok and instagram. That's what I use when I have to
mpv also uses yt-dlp whenever installed, although it is referred to in the docs as youtube-dl for historical reasons. You can specify stuff with --ytdl-format (yt-dlp -f equivalent) and --ytdl-raw-options (=thing=thing,anotherthing=anotherthing). Pop in a --ytdl-format=251 with a YouTube playlist and you get a nice little music player.
Do they not get metadata about your machine even if you use yt-dlp?
Dan vs The Algorithm would be a pretty good episode concept.
Instagram used to be really good.
For the two years it wasn't owned by facebook?