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Similar to how Mastodon offers an open source, distributed version of X, the fediverse is getting its own TikTok competitor. This week, an app called

I doubt that. From what he said somewhere on Pixelfed, the beta is only on Android right now and you don’t need approval to publish something on the Play Store. From personal experience, apps appear within a couple of minutes. On iOS, the usual approval time would be 3-4 days.

Don’t see how he can just upload the apk for people to download

You definitely need approval to publish on the Play Store. It’s just more basic

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Ah alright, then they must have changed it since I last added a new app. The last few years I just published updates and they all went through almost immediately.

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