You had to manually turn it on. It was buried in settings, and it created 2 separate chats. Of course nobody used it. I only found out about it a month ago
You had to manually turn it on. It was buried in settings, and it created 2 separate chats. Of course nobody used it. I only found out about it a month ago
I think I phrased it wrong. I meant more like why don't they at least try to promote the feature instead of just outright removing it? Feels like they never gave it a fair chance.
Everyone would use it if that's just the only way it worked. I don't need to turn e2ee in Signal on. It's always on. There's no way to turn it off. So, everyone uses it. The only reason to make people jump through hoops to turn it on is if you don't actually want people using it.
22 Comments
Steve@communick.news · 112 pts · 149d
If you intentionally obscure a feature, people won't use it.
If you make it the default, they will.
pet1t@piefed.social · 49 pts · 149d
just like they forced reels on everyone by pushing it in the algorithm to later say "see! everyone wants reels now, they don't want photos anymore!"
Gnugit@aussie.zone · 39 pts · 149d
If you expect privacy with any meta product you are insane to begin with.
Casterial@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 148d
If people thought TikToks invasion of privacy was bad, wait until they realize how bad meta products are
bearboiblake@pawb.social · 2 pts · 148d
Most people just think whatever the media tells them to think, and the media is owned by the ruling class
dan@upvote.au · 1 pts · 148d
It's the default on Messenger so I'm not sure why it wasn't made the default on Instagram.
mrnobody@reddthat.com · 24 pts · 148d
Next, WhatsApp loses this "rarely used" feature also
Strive7307@discuss.tchncs.de · 23 pts · 148d
Since when did Instagram support E2E? I didn’t even know, lol.
GutterRat42@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 148d
You had to manually turn it on. It was buried in settings, and it created 2 separate chats. Of course nobody used it. I only found out about it a month ago
FreddiesLantern@leminal.space · 21 pts · 148d
Whereas I got rid of my instagram that I barely used.
GutterRat42@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 148d
You had to manually turn it on. It was buried in settings, and it created 2 separate chats. Of course nobody used it. I only found out about it a month ago
CosmoNova@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 148d
I‘m surprised they even had that. The average Instagram user probably doesn‘t even know what that means.
MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 148d
it was encrypted?
it had to be activated?!?
Unsealed9041@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 148d
They'd never make it default when it costs them a thousanth of a penny per message.
senna@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 148d
It's really interesting that even with occasional usage of the app not once has this setting been mentioned or brought up for me. Why remove it?
frongt@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 148d
No point supporting it if no one uses it.
senna@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 147d
I think I phrased it wrong. I meant more like why don't they at least try to promote the feature instead of just outright removing it? Feels like they never gave it a fair chance.
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip · 7 pts · 148d
Sorry guys, my fault. Zuck just thought my beautiful dick pics shouldn't be hidden from the world any longer
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 148d
Zuckerborg still needs to learn about humanity, so he needs every data available downloaded into his android brain.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 147d
Yeah, I'm sure that's the real reason. And all the convenience for spying on users to collect data for targeted advertising is just a side effect.
nulluser@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 148d
Everyone would use it if that's just the only way it worked. I don't need to turn e2ee in Signal on. It's always on. There's no way to turn it off. So, everyone uses it. The only reason to make people jump through hoops to turn it on is if you don't actually want people using it.
m3t00@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 144d
blocked so many bot accounts, think i broke something. permaban without usual 'community standards' excuse. fuc zuc