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by cevn 2446 days ago
I just tried. Why can't I upload shit from the website? I tried changing my user agent and clicking the new upload button that appeared and it didn't work (possibly because it was a video?)

What's the point of making a website if it's crippled compared to the mobile app?
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z3c0 2446 days ago
To funnel people towards the native app with more analytics capabilities...

...I presume, at least.

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pmlnr 2446 days ago
Instagram web never allowed uploads.
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adventured 2446 days ago
If you really want to do Web uploads on Instagram, you can do it using Chrome.

When you're signed in to your account, right click the page > inspect. Then when the right side inspect panel opens, make sure "device tool bar" is toggled to show up (it's an option in the very top right, left of Elements, Console, Sources, etc).

Set the device options to responsive, something like 500x700 or whatever works for you. You can drag the dimensions on width. Then reload the page. It should retain the device dimensions choice and will show the mobile nav bar at the bottom that includes an upload button.

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driverdan 2446 days ago
It does from iOS.
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pmlnr 2446 days ago
O.O

And it does. Even with Firefox dev tools set to iphone, it works.

This is plain ridiculous. And I've seen this sh*t before, with sentences like "Best viewed in IE5.5 800x600".

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