If Instagram is going to ruthlessly clone and box out its competitors, it should also let users choose which they want to use. Within a few years, Phhhoto had shut down its app. But it also cut off GIF-making app Phhhoto from its Find Friends feature, then swiftly cloned its core feature to launch Instagram Boomerang. Most famously, it copied Snapchat’s Stories in August 2016, which now has over 300 million daily users - eclipsing the original. Instagram hasn’t been afraid to attack competitors and fight dirty. Instagram traps data without a Download Your Information tool It shouldn’t need to lock up users’ data in order to keep them around. Instagram has become the dominant image sharing social network with over 800 million users. The tool’s launch is necessary for Instagram to comply with the data portability rule in European Union’s GDPR privacy law that goes into effect on May 25th. It lets users export their photos, videos, archived Stories, profile, info, comments, and non-ephemeral messages, though it can take a few hours to days for your download to be ready.Īn Instagram spokesperson now confirms to TechCrunch that “the Data Download tool is currently accessible to everyone on the web, but access via iOS and Android is still rolling out.” The download contains you profile info, photos, videos, archived Stories (those posted after December 2017), your post and story captions, your uploaded contacts, the usernames of your followers and people you follow, Direct messages, non-ephemeral Direct message photos and videos, comments, Likes, searches, and settings. Instagram’s “Data Download” feature can be accessed here or through the app’s privacy settings. The next day it announced this tool would be coming and now TechCrunch has spotted it rolling out to users. Two weeks ago TechCrunch called on Instagram to build an equivalent to Facebook’s “Download Your Information feature so if you wanted to leave for another photo sharing network, you could.

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