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Just tried with my own Instagram in incognito in desktop. I could scroll the grid for a few wheel-scrolls before being asked to log in. Clicking any image yielded a log-in prompt.

This isn't how the open web is supposed to work. (nor is IG's suppression of hyperlinks to a single link within the bio.)



This isn't how the open web is supposed to work. (nor is IG's suppression of hyperlinks to a single link within the bio.)

Instagram is owned by Facebook. No one associated with those organisations is interested in an open web, whether they're shareholders, employees, or users.




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