Anyone finding scrolling through TikTok a little ... boring because there is no Universal Music on there? Because same! And we've got the scoop on where people are headed to get their music fix on social media.
Plus, Meta and Apple are fighting (again), Threads is dropping new features left and right to get people interested, Instagram is testing new ideas (and had lots of errors this week!), and so much more. Ready to get into the social media news this week? Let's dive into it. |
While TikTok is still in a hot feud with Universal Music, YouTube recently announced a whole new music remix option for Shorts. What in the world does remixing mean? Well, users can now click “Remix” on any music video clip, which will open up the Shorts editor where you have four options to make your own version of the clip. You can Remix with: - Sound:
Take the sound from the video and use it in your Short.
- Collab: Create a split screen with the original video and your video will appear beside the original. Yes, exactly like “stitching” on TikTok.
- Green Screen: Use the original video as a background to your Short.
- Cut: Use a small clip of the original video and add it to your Short.
YouTube is leaning hard on Shorts more and more, and with TikTok losing a huge amount of music on its platform, it seems like Shorts is taking advantage with its remix feature. |
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Uh-oh. Apple has decided that any advertiser who decides to boost a post on Facebook or Instagram’s iOS app, it’s taking a 30% cut.
Yes, 30%. And, of course, Meta isn’t looking to take a cut from profits so all users who decide to boost in app will be getting charged an extra 30%. Big. Ol’. Yikes.
If you don’t want to be charged the extra fee (and honestly, who wants to be?), head to the desktop version of the apps and you won’t have to pay more.
Apple has been highly criticized recently for all of its extra fees it keeps adding on to apps and developers—especially after it introduced a 27% tax on alternative payment methods in the US and a “Core Technology Fee” for developers to have their apps on alternative app stores.
It seems the criticism isn’t slowing Apple down anytime soon though, and apps are figuring out new ways to not lose money. |