Retro app offers a simplified approach to social media
In recent years, social media has become increasingly focused on likes, followers, and engagement. This has led to a decline in the quality of interactions between users, as people are more concerned with how many people see their posts than with actually connecting with their friends.
In response to this trend, a new photo app called Retro has been launched. Retro is designed to be a more personal and intimate way to share photos with friends.
The app does not include any of the features that have made other social media platforms so addictive, such as likes, followers, and engagement.
What is the Retro app?
Retro is a photo app that allows users to share photos with their friends. The app is designed to be a more personal and intimate way to connect with friends, and it does not include any of the features that have made other social media platforms so addictive, making it a great and new Instagram alternative.
When you first open the Retro app, you are presented with a list of your friends who are also using the app. You can then select the friends you want to share your photos with.
Once you have selected your friends, you can start sharing photos. Retro does not have any filters or editing tools, so you can simply share your photos as they are.
The photos you share in Retro will appear in your friends' feeds. They can then like or comment on your photos, but they cannot share them with other people.
How to sign up for the Retro app
To sign up for the Retro app, you need to create an account. You can do this by providing your email address and a password.
Once you have created an account, you will be able to start adding friends and sharing photos.
You may download Retro for iOS using the link here.
Bad news, there is a Retro App Android waitlist
The Retro app is currently only available for iOS users.
However, there is a Retro app Android waitlist that you can sign up for using the link here. If you sign up for the waitlist, you will be notified when the Android version of the app is released.
Retro App vs Instagram
Retro is often compared to Instagram, as both apps are photo-sharing platforms. However, there are some key differences between the two apps.
First of all, Retro does not have any of the features that have made Instagram so addictive, such as likes, followers, and engagement. This means that Retro is a more personal and intimate way to connect with friends.
Retro's design is also more simplistic than Instagram's. This makes Retro easier to use and less distracting.
Lastly, Retro is focused on sharing photos with friends, while Instagram is focused on sharing photos with a wider audience.
What do you think, as Threads dethrones Twitter, could Retro be the winner of the Retro app vs Instagram comparison?
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Uhh, this has already been possible – I am not sure how but remember my brother telling me about it. I’m not a whatsapp user so not sure of the specifics, but something about sending the image as a file and somehow bypassing the default compression settings that are applied to inbound photos.
He has also used this to share movies to whatsapp groups, and files 1Gb+.
Like I said, I never used whatsapp, but I know 100% this isn’t a “brand new feature”, my brother literally showed me him doing it, like… 5 months ago?
Martin, what happened to those: 12 Comments (https://www.ghacks.net/chatgpt-gets-schooled-by-princeton-university/#comments). Is there a specific justifiable reason why they were deleted?
Hmm, it looks like the gHacks website database is faulty, and not populating threads with their relevant cosponsoring posts.
The page on ghacks this is on represents the best of why it has become so worthless, fill of click-bait junk that it’s about to be deleted from my ‘daily reads’.
It’s really like “Press Release as re-written by some d*ck for clicks…poorly.” And the subjects are laughable. Can’t wait for “How to search for files on Windows”.
> The page on ghacks this is on represents the best of why it has become so worthless, fill of click-bait junk…
Sadly, I have to agree.
Only Martin and Ashwin are worth subscribing to.
Especially Emre Çitak and Shaun are the worst ones.
If ghacks.net intended “Clickbait”, it would mark the end of Ghacks Technology News.
Ghacks doesn’t need crappy clickbaits. Clearly separate articles from newer authors (perhaps AIs and external sales person or external advertising man) as just “Advertisements”!
We, the subscribers of Ghacks, urge Martin to make a decision.
because nevermore wants to “monetize” on every aspect of human life…
“Threads” is like the Walmart of Social Media.
How hard can it be to clone a twitter version of that as well? They’re slow.
Yes, why not mention how large the HD files can be?
Why, not mention what version of WhatsApp is needed?
These omissions make the article feel so bare. If not complete.
Sorry posted on the wrong page.
such a long article for such a simple matter. Worthless article ! waste of time
I already do this by attaching them via the ‘Document’ option.
I don’t know what’s going on here at Ghacks but it’s obvious that something is broken, comments are being mixed whatever the article, I am unable to find some of my later posts neither. :S
Quoting the article,
“As users gain popularity, the value of their tokens may increase, allowing investors to reap rewards.”
Besides, beyond the thrill and privacy risks or not, the point is to know how you gain popularity, be it on social sites as everywhere in life. Is it by being authentic, by remaining faithful to ourselves or is it to have this particular skill which is to understand what a majority likes, just like politicians, those who’d deny to the maximum extent compatible with their ideological partnership, in order to grab as many of the voters they can?
I see the very concept of this Friend.tech as unhealthy, propagating what is already an increasing flaw : the quest for fame. I won’t be the only one to count himself out, definitely.
@John G. is right : my comment was posted on [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/08/23/what-is-friend-tech/] and it appears there but as well here at [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/07/08/how-to-follow-everyone-on-threads/]
This has been lasting for several days. Fix it or at least provide some explanations if you don’t mind.
> Google Chrome is following in Safari’s footsteps by introducing a new feature that allows users to move the Chrome address bar to the bottom of the screen, enhancing user accessibility and interaction.
Firefox did this long before Safari.
Basically they’ll do anything except fair royalties.