Instagram frontend with less tracking and distractions.
Why I think this tool should be added
Could be useful for people who want to slow down their usage of instagram but are not ready to give it up yet. Not sure it should be on the site but worth to share here in the community.
I definitely have to try this out, I used to use Bibliogram for browsing Instagram before Facebook got more aggressive with rate-limiting and made the site unusable
It sounds to me like it is more geared toward limiting your use of IG, more than anything else.
Although I practically never use Instagram, I do have an account, and I have been looking for or good modded version since Instander stopped being updated.
Instander was popular IG mod that blocked ads among other things, but it had not been updated for a long time, after which point it stopped working. I later learned that the sole developer, who was apparently from Ukraine, died in the war. At least according to varioussources. This is why I am always weary of using an app that is developed by a single person, even if it is great.
Does Feurstagram block ads? And is it possible to enable the doomscrolling for those who want to?
I havenāt used an IG app in years and only occasionally use it on web, because some media outlets, organizations, and journalists post exclusive content there.
This looks interesting but itās currently not working. I just tried to search for someoneās profile, and it says itās down.
I mean RTFM man. The answers are litterly in the readme fileā¦
RTFM = āRead The Fucking Manualā
In PG we have two rules firstly the āImprove the Discussionā and āAlways be civilā.
The Mod-Team flagged and removed posts that contain the following words in the past: ābullshitā, āshitā and āfuckā.
So it can be argued based on decisions in the past that the rule should be interpreted as that also these words are forbidden.
The user @micdan linked the post to bring the rule on your radar again.
Point taken tho. No these words are not forbidden but depending on context they might be. You will find various non moderated posts with it. But i guess this is on the edge surely. Iāll keep it in mind, my point was more that asking questions in lengthy posts that are litterly answered in the linked source are not much helpful.
Thanks for the feedback. I want to clarify something regarding the use of AI.
I did use AI tools during development, but not as a black box to blindly generate code. the goal was to support my learning process, help me understand some parts of the stack, and patch faster while staying in control of what I was building.
Every piece of code that ends up in the project is reviewed, understood, and adjusted manually. This isnāt vibe coding or some kind of opaque magic.
I understznd the concerns around maintainability and code quality, thatās fair, and Iām taking it seriously as the project evolves.
If you have specific concerns about parts of the codebase, Iām happy to discuss them !
No front against the author of Open-Slopware but Iām not sure how smart it is to kinda tell people to not use things like Chromium/Firefox-based browsers, the Linux kernel etc just because of a permissive AI policy. But to each their own I guess.
Greetings so it appears this is a patches for the Instagram apk. That makes sense because I remember what FB does to standalone clients like that great Barinstagram app (Dang I miss it).
I was wondering does it/could it work with the Instagram Lite application? Im not sure too many people know about that one but itās designed for weaker devices (and possibly is less bloated and/or trackery)