I'm not a heavy user of Instagram and am unqualified to answer how the product would be different were the company independent. However, the most public change

I'm not a heavy user of Instagram and am unqualified to answer how the product would be different were the company independent. However, the most public change to Instagram that many blamed on facebook were the ToS changes that I've heard led to a non-trivial dip in engagement (the primary metric for facebook leadership): Original Story: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4936561 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4936561 Response: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4939849 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4939849 Backpedal: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4950853 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4950853 I have a very good friend who works at Parse, and I have nothing but deep respect and admiration for him and his work. He is well-deserving of this exit. He does not subscribe to the pessimism about the new 'facebook overlords.' I've known him long enough that I would expect him to tell me if that weren't the case. Will facebook always keep to its PR statements? Only as long as they makes sense for their business... I'd vote 6 months to a year, personally :)