[jaimehrubiks]

Instagram is also very liked for people who use it to only follow or be followed by friends, so in that sense it feels like a very private network and does not affect at all. Why would you care if they only allow public profiles to be viewed by people within the platform?

[sandov]

Because I want my profile to be viewed by anyone, including non instagram users, or at least keep the capability to do it.

Also, if they do this, it's highly probable that they do other user-hostile things. AFAIK, you can't upload photos from the desktop web version.