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I wanted to build a small side project utilizing Instagram, and when I read their API ToS, I was completely demotivated. Everything having to be about brands dr

by nkantar 10y ago

I wanted to build a small side project utilizing Instagram, and when I read their API ToS, I was completely demotivated. Everything having to be about brands drilled in the fact that I, the user, am the product, and my interest in the platform even as a consumer dropped significantly. I now post very rarely and almost never browse. Occasionally I'll look up a particular hashtag relating to some car/motorcycle I like, but that's basically it. The curated feed shift (has that happened yet?) was also very bad news for me.

raihansaputra 10y ago
The "curated" feed is rolled out gradually. My older account already have it while my newer account does not (I still check both currently). Really ruins the experience ("Wait did this happen yesterday? Oh no actually 3 days ago" etc).
speeder 10y ago
I deleted my account the first time they changed their ToS, still pre-Facebook, when they added to the ToS that any photos you uploaded to them could be used in any way they wanted (or something like that) unless you deleted from them. So I went ahead, and deleted my account (that was new, but already had about 100 photos or something). They later "unchanged" the ToS, but I won't make the same mistake twice ;)