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Instagram has a web interface. You can use it entirely without an app. And there is no reason Uber or WhatsApp couldn't work on the web.

• aeyes 3y ago
  m.uber.com is completely functional as well
  • HWR_14 3y ago
    When did they do that? I remember being frustrated there was no web interface.
• sneak 3y ago
  You used to not be able to access the camera or camera roll from webapps on iOS. The only way to take or upload photos was with a native app. The file upload input control on websites simply did not work on an iPhone. This is a relatively recent development. I'm fairly convinced it didn't happen sooner in an anticompetitive move to promote native apps over the open web. (Same with web push notifications and a million other tiny things.) Instagram did not and could not have had a webapp in those days (which is a majority of the time Instagram has existed).
  • HWR_14 3y ago
    99% of people primarily use Instagram to view content. I used to use their site to do that. Instagram broke that a little while ago (I assume to force people to download the app). Ironically, given your conspiracy theory, it was Meta that broke Instagram for the web.