Instagram no longer allows people without an account to view photos on computers

Post by morphicpro » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 9:47 PM UTC

dillutedfixer wrote: post #203

pmlnr wrote: post #196

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> Can't upload photos from desktop Yes, you can. Open dev tools, set it to mobile, and set it to android. A "+" button will pop up and work fine.

Nice! That does work. Thanks for that. I'm still a little baffled as to why they don't just allow that on the desktop site, though.

Post by angelbar » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 9:52 PM UTC

chadlavi wrote: post #98

cosmotic wrote: post #89

“This is to help people view photos in Instagram and understand how to have the best experience on the platform, be part of the community, connecting and interacting with people and the things they love” How does blocking access help people view things? How does blocking access help people understand how to have the best experience? Access is a better experience than access denied. Creating an account and lurking doe…

If you're in a browser with adblockers and you're not signed in, there's not much they can do to monetize you effectively. I assume this is just a means of forcing people who use instagram in the browser to at least admit who they are so they can tie browsing to a known tracking id. I'm honestly surprised instagram even lets people use the app in any meaningful way on desktop at all.

Post by sixstringtheory » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 9:55 PM UTC

morphicpro wrote: post #202

As a photographer, I urge all other passionate photographers to get off of Instagram. It's more important now than ever to be the authority of your own content. I know it's not as fancy but just start by hosting your own simple blog. I made an effort to build my own Instagram like section on my site just to host my own images. It even has a web assembly lib that scales the images client-side so I don't have to deal w…

Post by getpost » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 10:03 PM UTC

Post by rurp » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 10:13 PM UTC

lotyrin wrote: post #120

lmilcin wrote: post #116

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This is typical marketing-speak. I am becoming temporarily deaf whenever I hear it. Read it the following way: We have a reason to do it but we don't want to tell you so instead we will tell you a little bit of righteously-sounding bullshit so that most of sheep base is satisfied. Yes, that's "sheep", because you are not our customers, our customers are those companies we sell your information and your focus to.

No, this is their reason, just from within their distortion field. This is helping the user view photos, because the user should be logged in and using the app, the app provides the best experience and this web interface is a distraction that gets in the way of that. Edit: I guess it wasn't sufficiently clear, the second sentence here is not my own personal opinion.