Meta Announces a New CapCut Rival Called Edits

Meta announced a new video editing app called Edits to fill the gap left by ByteDance's CapCut editor, which was temporarily removed from the App Store and Google Play Store as part of the TikTok ban. While the ban was lifted, the new app serves to capitalize on the uncertainty of TikTok's future. TechCrunch reports: Instagram head Adam Mosseri (pictured above) said on Threads that the app will launch next month on iOS, with an Android version following later. He added that the company is working with select creators to gather feedback about the app. "Today we're announcing a new app called 'Edits,' for those of you who are passionate about making videos on your phone. There's a lot going on right now, but no matter what happens, it's our job to provide the best possible tools for creators," he wrote.

Mosseri said the app will have a suite of creative tools, including a dedicated tab for inspiration, a tab for keeping track of ideas, and a high-quality camera. Plus, it will have the ability to share draft versions of creations with friends or collaborators. He added that creators would be able to see insights on how videos made through Edits are performing on Instagram after publishing. In a separate post, he emphasized that the app is "more for creators than casual video makers," which is hard to quantify in measurable terms.

Fuck social media

[TheMiddleRoad]

It's all evil garbage burning the mind. Sell shit on Craigslist instead. The people there equally just as bad, but Zuckerlizard won't show you a video of a little girl dancing in a crop top.

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[Valgrus Thunderaxe]

Social media is the new moral panic for Gen X'ers.

Yikes.

[nightflameauto]

"Today we're announcing a new app called 'Edits,' for those of you who are passionate about making videos on your phone. There's a lot going on right now, but no matter what happens, it's our job to provide the best possible tools for creators," he wrote.

This is what creators are now? Not people that learn a musical instrument, or how to paint well, or how to draw well, or how to sing well, or any skill. Just people that like to point their phones at things? I feel like something is getting lost in his message here, but the idea of being passionate about making videos on your phone strikes me as the height of trying to appeal to the lowest of the low hanging fruit.

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[subreality]

People can make any kind of videos on their phone, including playing their musical instrument, painting, singing, or any skill... it's not just for pointing at things other people do.

Social Media is the threat to free speech.

[jellomizer]

While over decade ago, Social Media was supposed to be a free speech platform. Which helped spark a lot of movements and changes from sharing different viewpoints and showing global similarities. Then they needed to become more profitable (which is understandable in that early Social Media was bleeding money).
However to gain profit, they have the algorithm configured, to get us in social bubbles, and reward topics that get the most response and movement (to provide a higher ad rate). However this also demo

Lets ban TikTok so Facebook can do exactly the

[OppMan29]

same thing. This was never about national security, this was about who is getting paid. Facebook got the deep pockets to stay relevant by getting rid of the competition. they learned a lot from the errors myspace. people don't use Instagram as much as TikTok and i doubt a video editing is gonna bring them more sign ups.