Re:Instagram is shifting to videos – users aren't happy
by dbbk on Thursday July 28, 2022 @09:27AM
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It's just so frustrating. Tech has this "winner takes all" mentality, there can only be one app to rule them all. That's what people are revolting against here... "make Instagram Instagram again".
I don't understand why Facebook just cannot accept that different apps have different use cases for different people. They're already one of the biggest tech companies in the whole world. Why is that not enough? Is it greed?
Is KitchenAid losing to Tesla? Is BNSF losing to PepsiCo?
These statements are only valid if you think the two things should be comparable.
The backlash is because people want them to be separate, and to serve separate purposes.
The people at Facebook controlling Instagram are making this comparison, but to me (and probably many other people), this is more akin to KitchenAid building an electric car to compete with Tesla, while simultaneously dismantling their kitchenware department.