Considering their 'stories' feature has received no useability improvements or features since its introduction that's probably justified.

TechAltar talks about using it for more than a year here: https://youtu.be/hePnMAL1eh4

On the other hand, isn't this about the time it takes from now until the next big social thing gains traction and TikTok et al goes the way of the Dodo? So the usual Google service half-life would just work here.