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Instagram Head Says iPad App Is Low Priority Because Not Enough People Want It

Fried Bologna Sandwich, in my humble opinion. I would agree as far back as 2017 when iPads had inferior rear camera sensors to iPhones, but since 2018, iPad Pro models have rear camera sensors just as good as the iPhone (mostly). I would love a dedicated Instagram app for iPad (or at least an Instagram web page will the same functionality as the app itself).
 
I feel like this is one of those more than what’s on the surface type of comments.


It’s not that not enough people *want* it, I think it’s just that not enough people would use it after install to justify the investment. I think most normal people buy an iPad, get it set up, attempt to use it for a few weeks, and then it sits on a dresser somewhere indefinitely.
 
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TravelsInBlue said:
I feel like this is one of those more than what’s on the surface type of comments.


It’s not that not enough people *want* it, I think it’s just that not enough people would use it after install to justify the investment. I think most normal people buy an iPad, get it set up, attempt to use it for a few weeks, and then it sits on a dresser somewhere indefinitely.
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Well you seam to live in an odd world. That's absolutely untrue.
 
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I’m not complaining about anything that restricts availability of Instagram, but isn’t this just an Xcode switch away?
 
If you want to post photos that taken on iPhone on iPad, you need to buy icloud storage to sync the iPhone photos to iPad, If you want to post photos taken on phone on tablet, you need to switch to ipad from android tablet and switch to iphone from android phone. These help Apple's iPhone, iPad and iCloud sales. Instagram spends lots of money to hire developers but benefits Apple's ecosystem a lot! Maybe Apple should give some incentive for developers to develop app for mac iPad and Apple watch like waiving some IAP 30% cut. If there is app on All the five platforms of Apple-MacOS iPadOS,iOS, WatchOS, and TVOS, Apple benefits a lot but developers spend lots of money, time and efforts. In the past, Steve Jobs persuade Bill Gates to develop Office for Mac, which boost the sales of Mac.
 
Same reasons why there aren't many mobile apps optimized for Apple Silicon Mac.
 
  1. I too would love an iPad Instagram app, as would all artists producing work on their iPads.
  2. Anyone saying that it would take 5 minutes to port the iPhone app to the iPad has never created an app. The submission process alone will take you half a day.
 
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"Low priority" is just a money-scheme excuse.

They act like they have to create a special and almost entirely new app for iPad...they forget that more people are iOS/iPadOS developers (like me) and know that it's not difficult at all. Even more so when you're called Meta.
 
Can't shake the feeling Facebook ... eh "Meta" .... is gonna try their luck and see who has the longer breath pissing at each others fence with apple. Frankly, I can't see Meta win this. Frankly I can't see Meta win a whole lot going forward.
 
dangbat said:
Yeah... having to pay for an alternative to instagram is going to make an alternative dead in the water. I'd save your money and cancel now.
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I like Glass, and I'm content with the money I spent on it. But yes, it's going to be hard to get people to pay for something they are used to getting for free.

But that's the problem with so many modern apps/services isn't it? People say they hate tracking, advertising, etc, but they don't want to pay for stuff either so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
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They use React Native, they don't need to make an "iPad version" they just need to adjust their current app to use the screen space.
 
Analog Kid said:
I’m not complaining about anything that restricts availability of Instagram, but isn’t this just an Xcode switch away?
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Theoretically, more or less yes. If Instagram is using modern GUI layout technologies on iOS to support multiple size classes. If it’s just a wrapper around a web view and they have an iPad or tablet tailored web view, it might require more tweaking of the display layout, but, if you put 5-10 programmers on it for a month, almost certainly it would be done from project start to QA signoff and possibly even App Store release.
 
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Theoretically, more or less yes. If Instagram is using modern GUI layout technologies on iOS to support multiple size classes. If it’s just a wrapper around a web view and they have an iPad or tablet tailored web view, it might require more tweaking of the display layout, but, if you put 5-10 programmers on it for a month, almost certainly it would be done from project start to QA signoff and possibly even App Store release.
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I believe it's a web view.

Why, you ask?

Well, thanks to the Continuity feature on the Mac, whenever I open an app on my iPhone that haves an equivalent macOS version, a little icon appears in the dock, allowing to resume whatever I'm doing/viewing. For example, if I'm using Notes, the Notes icon appear on the Mac. And precisely, every time I use Instagram, the icon that pop up is the Safari icon. Which makes me believe that the Instagram app is just a wrapper around a web view...
 

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DeepIn2U said:
Oddly enough IG has rolled-out a time use limitation yet I think it's only for those 13 and under (to be honest NO 13yr old should be using IG ... so much negative impact on serotonin and other chemicals that basically alter the brain of youth far too intensely than adults. At least some major supervision by parents and a rull week paired use rundown and big conversation between youth and parents how the youths feelings are after each day.
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This is a balance that all tech companies face: They can earn more money by hurting their own customers more, yet they have to balance that against the political and customer backlash of hurting their customers. It doesn't change the fact that the more hours IG can get you to use IG, the more money they make.
 
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I really can't understand this reasoning. Instagram is owned by Meta. Surely they have insane amounts of resources to devote to iPad app development. In their most recent quarter, Apple saw $7.1b of revenue from iPad, a device with a great camera on the back for photography and a giant gorgeous display for looking at much more content than an iPhone display can offer up. The Instagram live experience would be so much better on iPad. How could it hurt Instagram to make an iPad version? I could see it only benefitting them.
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If you understands capitalism you will understand.

Despite popular believe big businesses normally do not do well when they get big. It not just tech and apps but retail and stores. All the big retail businesses going under and yet all the small stores alive.

One of the biggest problem with big businesses is they get set doing one thing part of businesses model and will keep doing it to they die.

They don't teach businesses school all they teach is to buy other companies and do one thing over and over. They don’t teach businesses 101.

And yet all the cool apps, cool PC games, cool movies are coming from people you never heard from and not any big player.

All big players are just remaking old movies and PC games.

And same with software and tech. Big businesses just get stuck doing one business model and will keep doing that to the day they die.

Small and middle businesses will always stay afloat over big businesse because they think very different than big businesses. If a small and middle businesses goes under they get stuck doing one thing over and over.

I see all cool retail stores, cool PC games, cool movies, cool software and apps coming from small and middle businesses.

I will bet any third party app to be 100 times better than if the company ever made app in the future.
 
Squillace said:
I believe it's a web view.

Why, you ask?

Well, thanks to the Continuity feature on the Mac, whenever I open an app on my iPhone that haves an equivalent macOS version, a little icon appears in the dock, allowing to resume whatever I'm doing/viewing. For example, if I'm using Notes, the Notes icon appear on the Mac. And precisely, every time I use Instagram, the icon that pop up is the Safari icon. Which makes me believe that the Instagram app is just a wrapper around a web view...
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Then they could easily port it to iPadOS.
 
Squillace said:
I believe it's a web view.

Why, you ask?

Well, thanks to the Continuity feature on the Mac, whenever I open an app on my iPhone that haves an equivalent macOS version, a little icon appears in the dock, allowing to resume whatever I'm doing/viewing. For example, if I'm using Notes, the Notes icon appear on the Mac. And precisely, every time I use Instagram, the icon that pop up is the Safari icon. Which makes me believe that the Instagram app is just a wrapper around a web view...
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A lot of mobile apps are. FB mobile is a pretty UI for a browser. If even the slightest thing breaks, the veneer fails and you see the underlying mechanics of how it's just loading mobile web pages.
 
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