What a coincidence! I’ve been testing something myself! I call it, “Not using Instagram for anything ever in any way whatsoever.”
I decided to delete mine today. I could not stand the homophobia I’m seeing this month, and the only reason I’m there is for drag queens, so I’ll just watch Drag Race instead.
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TIL pixelfed own iOS app is available in beta
I feel like we’re at the age of the internet where a strong minority (see: Lemmy users) care deeply about all the ugly exploitative and anti-consumer nature of big tech, but the vast majority of the population just… doesn’t care… and shrugs off (and enables) the continual downward spiral.
It’s about time Instagram enshittifies in a grotesque way, grotesque enough for people to realize it’s shit (because it’s enshittified).
I dropped Instagram, and couldn’t be happier to have left that cesspool behind. No Facebook, no Instagram, no Tik Tok, no Snapchat, no LinkedIn, no no no. I’m done with the bullshit. Need to contact me? Then you probably already have my phone number, text or call. Don’t have my number? Sounds like you probably don’t need to get in touch with me, then.
Is there a FOSS Instagram? I miss just having a simple “photo diary” to share with friends and family.
Pixelfed is the federated alternative, not sure if it’s open source though
It is.
Honestly I used Vanced patches to get rid of ads in Insta and thought I’d finally actually browse the app for once, but then I just never did.
Oh. Oh well, time to drop insta - not like it’s been particularly good in… Ever?
“Testing” in case they decide they don’t like money after all.
This won’t affect me - seeing as I have no use for Instagram - but I do worry that some actual DECENT sites will adopt this in the near future.
I’ve been testing unskippable “Insta Breaks” lasting countable to uncountable infinity seconds, disrupting literally nobody.
microsoft had a charming expression for thus kind of corporate maneuver: BOGU
Bend over get Ubuntu?
Ha ha! I don’t use Instagram nor have I any interest in it whatsoever.
I’ll either put my phone down for those three to five seconds or just force close the app. I don’t care about IG that much.
The tiktok ban is paying off much more than just repressing the truth in palestine. That monopoly privilege. $$$
