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Since you brought up your Pixel: what is the point of adding something 1% of your customers maybe can see instead fixing that horrible horrible compression that

by bostand 10y ago

Since you brought up your Pixel: what is the point of adding something 1% of your customers maybe can see instead fixing that horrible horrible compression that makes uploads from android (80% world wide market share) look like crap? (Not an android user, I just want to figure out how a company of your size prioritises between bugs and features.)

jrowley 10y ago
I can't speak for OP but say this does effect 1% of users today, what percentage does it effect in 6 months, or a year? Not bad to be proactive. And regarding android compression issues, although resources are always finite, I imagine in this case the android team is fairly separate, so they may very well be working on that compression issue while iOS is pushing forward into new terrain.
- sorenjan 10y ago
  Instagram should hire some faster Android developers if that is the case, it's been an issue since 2012: https://www.xda-developers.com/a-look-into-instagrams-compression-quality/ https://www.xda-developers.com/a-look-into-instagrams-compre...
- zer0t3ch 10y ago
  > I imagine in this case the android team is fairly separate This is likely it, right here. So many people forget that larger companies have different teams working on different things. I bet a lot of their "iOS people" that are working on this project have no clue how the Android app works, and Instagram likely has a separate team working on the compression issues.
  - izacus 10y ago
    "Working on" since 2012?
    - zer0t3ch 10y ago
      I don't use IG, so I wasn't aware of that problem or how long it had been around. That said, the general sentiment stands: one of their teams working on one thing doesn't show that they don't have another team working on something unrelated.
izacus 10y ago
Yeah, I wondered that myself as well - Instagram on Android deliberately destroys image quality and the issue is still unadressed O.o What kind of developers do they employ there?
megablast 10y ago
> (80% world wide market share) Not of instagram user. Not of app users.
- bostand 10y ago
  Well, given how Instagram has treated its android users can you blame them? I've seen a number of SV companies releasing ugly and buggy android apss then use their lowering android user base as a proof that android users use like their services. To be honest, things could be worse. You could be a tinder user in win phone...

by bostand 10y ago

jrowley 10y ago

I can't speak for OP but say this does effect 1% of users today, what percentage does it effect in 6 months, or a year? Not bad to be proactive. And regarding android compression issues, although resources are always finite, I imagine in this case the android team is fairly separate, so they may very well be working on that compression issue while iOS is pushing forward into new terrain.

sorenjan 10y ago
Instagram should hire some faster Android developers if that is the case, it's been an issue since 2012: https://www.xda-developers.com/a-look-into-instagrams-compression-quality/ https://www.xda-developers.com/a-look-into-instagrams-compre...
zer0t3ch 10y ago
> I imagine in this case the android team is fairly separate This is likely it, right here. So many people forget that larger companies have different teams working on different things. I bet a lot of their "iOS people" that are working on this project have no clue how the Android app works, and Instagram likely has a separate team working on the compression issues.
- izacus 10y ago
  "Working on" since 2012?
  - zer0t3ch 10y ago
    I don't use IG, so I wasn't aware of that problem or how long it had been around. That said, the general sentiment stands: one of their teams working on one thing doesn't show that they don't have another team working on something unrelated.

izacus 10y ago

Yeah, I wondered that myself as well - Instagram on Android deliberately destroys image quality and the issue is still unadressed O.o What kind of developers do they employ there?

megablast 10y ago

> (80% world wide market share) Not of instagram user. Not of app users.

bostand 10y ago
Well, given how Instagram has treated its android users can you blame them? I've seen a number of SV companies releasing ugly and buggy android apss then use their lowering android user base as a proof that android users use like their services. To be honest, things could be worse. You could be a tinder user in win phone...