Me too.
All last evening I was using the iOS version of Instagram on my iPad. I put it down for a while, and when I picked it up again, late at night, it was updated and I was “Nooooooooooo!” It’s SO bad. So annoying. Home takes you into reels. They want to be the new TikTok. Comments type is too tiny and strains my eyes. Weird thing is, even though it updated automatically and I did unfortunately have auto updates turned on, iOS Is still telling me I need to update Instagram.
I’m hoping there is a way to get the iOS version of Instagram back on my iPad, maybe using manual back up and restore and transferring the iOS version from my Phone back to my iPad.