Re:Instagram no longer allows people without an account to v...
by basch on Thursday April 23, 2020 @02:11PM
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Im still not convinced that Instagram hasnt figured out a way to identify you and your friends, and has decided theyve used up their trial images.
But maybe you are right, maybe you are part of some kind of A/B test to see if an immediate loginwall, with no trial or sample, increases or decreases sign ups.
Re:Instagram no longer allows people without an account to v...
by rpgbr on Thursday April 23, 2020 @02:42PM
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It's a possibility, and I shouldn't doubt Facebook's reach. Anyway, these friends and relatives I've asked for help they all have Instagram accounts and use the app regularly, always logged-in, and yet that popup showed up in their first attempt to see a picture logged off.
Another user here thought the post was about that scrolling limit that's in place for a few months now. That's different. I wasn't able, previous to publication, to confirm if this is happening in other countries, but here in hacker news there are more users reporting the same issue.