I think the interesting question here is "how many folks will simply ignore all of this and keep on using Instagram?" -- if privacy scandals were going to hurt user bases, Facebook would long since be gone. I suspect that any loss of users Instagram has suffered are more likely to have been through the dumbing-down of their iOS app than privacy concerns.
How to Download Your Instagram Photos and Kill Your Account
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#12So, how's instaport making money?
'donate' and 'Ads via Adsie' banners on the right?
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#13many might be surprised that instagram only keep 612x612 images, so if you were hoping to download full resolution images,. you're out of luck... that, however, also makes the whole issue moot since the images are so small to be of little/no use in any commercial sense. flickr's iOS app, by comparison, stores on their server the full resolution image. #nofilter FTW
> many might be surprised that instagram only keep 612x612 images
How do we know that for sure?
They could easily have the full res versions stored elsewhere. They own them, after all.
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#14"...except Content not shared publicly ("private") will not be distributed outside the Instagram Services." from the TOS. Seems interesting to me.
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#15There are also free services to migrate your photos to dropbox, drive, etc. Full disclosure and shameless plug, I work for one. pi.pe
Not to completely derail this into a pi.pe thread, but...
a) I'd love to use it, but you're really making it hard to find out what destinations/sources you support.
b) There's quite a bit of bandwidth cost, so I'm baffled as to how you can do this profitably. This makes me wary. Which plays into
c) Your facebook app requires permission to post on my behalf? Sorry, but over my dead body. Especially since I can't give you money. (I assume it's to upload pictures, but there's no way to know. If you had separate up/download apps, you could sidestep that if I just want to export)
So, overall, it's an awesome idea. And I'd happily give you money to do this for me, but you don't let me :)
And if you want to make me really happy: Allow me to set up a continuous job, add s3/google drive destination support.
Now back to your regular instagram discussion :)
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#16The fact that the article uses a crappy Instagrammed photo for the picture is baffling
why? seems on-topic and relevant to me. Maybe you missed the irony.
The photo felt like it was also trying to frame Instagram in a harsh light, similar to how articles about violent crime often feature mugshots.
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#17many might be surprised that instagram only keep 612x612 images, so if you were hoping to download full resolution images,. you're out of luck... that, however, also makes the whole issue moot since the images are so small to be of little/no use in any commercial sense. flickr's iOS app, by comparison, stores on their server the full resolution image. #nofilter FTW
> many might be surprised that instagram only keep 612x612 images How do we know that for sure? They could easily have the full res versions stored elsewhere. They own them, after all.
Because the resolution shift happens client side, before the photo is transmitted to their servers.
They couldn't have the full res version stored elsewhere.
That's how we know.
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#18As far as I can tell, some Android devices also save your photos (with filters) in a separate album, so you may not need to download them from Instagram directly.
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#19Wait. Lot's of people were telling me that lack of Instagram app prevented them from switching to Windows Phone. Turns out lack of that app was just trend setting? :-)
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#20many might be surprised that instagram only keep 612x612 images, so if you were hoping to download full resolution images,. you're out of luck... that, however, also makes the whole issue moot since the images are so small to be of little/no use in any commercial sense. flickr's iOS app, by comparison, stores on their server the full resolution image. #nofilter FTW
> since the images are so small to be of little/no use in any commercial sense
The most likely scenario for Instagram photos being used in advertising would be online, not in print. So the size is fine.