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I don't have an instagram account and just Googled "most popular instagram accounts" and I was able to look at the top 3. Though I did scroll down far enough to hit a "you need to login to view more" wall. Maybe it's a regional thing? I'm in the US here.

And it's Katy Perry, Nike and Miley Cyrus, just in case you were curious. (at least according to the first result from Google)

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Just tried with my own Instagram in incognito in desktop. I could scroll the grid for a few wheel-scrolls before being asked to log in. Clicking any image yielded a log-in prompt.

This isn't how the open web is supposed to work. (nor is IG's suppression of hyperlinks to a single link within the bio.)

This isn't how the open web is supposed to work. (nor is IG's suppression of hyperlinks to a single link within the bio.)

Instagram is owned by Facebook. No one associated with those organisations is interested in an open web, whether they're shareholders, employees, or users.

were you able to open individual posts?

Nope!

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