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The only reason I can think of for this change is governmental pressure. I don’t see how it benefits the platform itself (nor its users).
by mvrckhckr 7mo ago
The only reason I can think of for this change is governmental pressure. I don’t see how it benefits the platform itself (nor its users).
- gzread 7mo agoI can think of some. Less code complexity to support a feature that didn't work properly and nobody was using? More ability to detect spam?
- mvrckhckr 7mo agoWasn't it automatically used when it was implemented?
- arlort 7mo agoI can think of a few reasons why a company built on profiling (and advertising to) user interests might be interested in the private conversations of their users
- paxys 7mo agoThere is a product reason - AI features are fundamentally incompatible with E2EE. If they want to bring more AI generated experiences and content into Instagram then the data needs to be accessible by them.
- mvrckhckr 7mo agoThat's an interesting angle. I'm not sure I see the direct connection, but it can be a user choice.