Many of the people who use Instagram are ones who stopped using Facebook due to privacy issues and their grandpa and grandma showing up
They didn't know Facebook owns Instagram
Facebook is stuck in this loop where it has to keep buying competitors because its own users lose faith and leave
If Instagram didn't sell to Facebook, Facebook would be screwed
Currently, FB has Instagram, Whatsapp and Messenger
By some special deal with the Government they are trying to nuke TikTok
If that doesn't work they are in trouble
Many of the newer companies that are growing won't sell to FB
(Tik Tok, Snapchat, Telegram, etc)
Also Instagram isn't really essential to communicate and learn about events in the way the main Facebook service is, so stopping to use it is highly feasible.
Any responsible parent would make sure their young children didn't use it.
There is a minority of users who will feel rightfully violated in their privacy
So? Because they're in the minority their voices don't matter?
The worst that will happen is that FB will be sanctioned to pay a laughably low fine.
Sadly, you're spot-on with this one.
The truth is though that as in ~100% of such sensationalist headlines there is nothing alarming in what the app is doing, which is why users don't care.
Spying or not, it's completely unacceptable.
Honestly, what other people do with their data/privacy concerns doesn't affect my life. So, if they are cool with that, that's on them.
For me (my family), we are fairly anti-technology at the home. 'Anti' in the respect that we actually enjoy the simple life and retirement for us is on a farm, off the grid. So, this behavior, for me, is the last straw. I will be removing IG within the next 12 months. (I won't get a FB,Whatsapp, etc)