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

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Post by rpgbr » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 4:48 PM UTC

Instagram no longer allows people without an account to view photos on computers
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Post by dec0rum » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 5:34 PM UTC

I thought this had already been happening for quite some time?

In my experience, I was no longer able to browse without an account on either my laptop or my mobile device for a few months now

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Post by blakesterz » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 5:34 PM UTC

I don't have an instagram account and just Googled "most popular instagram accounts" and I was able to look at the top 3. Though I did scroll down far enough to hit a "you need to login to view more" wall. Maybe it's a regional thing? I'm in the US here.

And it's Katy Perry, Nike and Miley Cyrus, just in case you were curious. (at least according to the first result from Google)

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Post by sharkmerry » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 5:36 PM UTC

I just noticed this a few days ago when checking a friend's dog feed. If you open in private window it still seems to allow. (browse normal to instagram, right-click, open in new private window tab)

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Post by gao8a » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 5:37 PM UTC

Part of me believes that this is actually to get folks that left instagram back on the platform.

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Post by _fzslm » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 5:38 PM UTC

Yet another reason to move away from Instagram. I’m toying with using RSSHub + ttrss to get content from my favourite Instagram accounts in my RSS reader. I hope this doesn’t break that.

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Post by sharkmerry » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 5:38 PM UTC

blakesterz wrote: post #3

I don't have an instagram account and just Googled "most popular instagram accounts" and I was able to look at the top 3. Though I did scroll down far enough to hit a "you need to login to view more" wall. Maybe it's a regional thing? I'm in the US here. And it's Katy Perry, Nike and Miley Cyrus, just in case you were curious. (at least according to the first result from Google)

were you able to open individual posts?

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Post by A4ET8a8uTh0 » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 5:38 PM UTC

Interesting. Would it work if you pretend you are using cell phone?

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Post by Veera_Sivarajan » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 5:38 PM UTC

Yes. Until a couple of weeks ago I would be able to view individual photos but now I can only view the profile until I hit the login restriction.

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Post by jonathanbull » Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 5:38 PM UTC

dec0rum wrote: post #2

I thought this had already been happening for quite some time? In my experience, I was no longer able to browse without an account on either my laptop or my mobile device for a few months now

Yep, this happened at least five months ago.

https://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2019/10/28/instagram-now-...