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by prmoustache 452 days ago
Why would you use an account to do that?
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whywhywhywhy 452 days ago
I didn’t that’s what surprised me. I think some urls are unique to your session.

Not that it should matter I don’t think I’m the one at fault here.

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heap_perms 452 days ago
AFAIK you need a username to be able to extract anything from instagram at all.
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Marsymars 452 days ago
You don't, I don't have an IG account but my wife occasionally sends me links to reels that I use yt-dlp to download.
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