I didn't put it in the blog post for fear of making it too long, but one example of where "no choice" is a better option is in the image format: Instagram eliminates the question of "Should I shoot this in portrait or in landscape?".
That's a "feature"? It's probably the most aggravating characteristic of Instagram for me, and it's the reason I don't take all my pics with the app...
And simultaneously eliminates the "oh this photo is in portrait/landscape I have to rotate my phone to view it properly."
Agreed. The square aspect ratio is actually very nice for many types of photos;wish my D7000 had a setting for that.
err..they removed potrait/landscape choice and added a gazillion filters to choose from.