Instagram suddenly chokes off developers as Facebook chases privacy
Found on Techcrunch on Tuesday, 03 April 2018
This weekend it surprised developers with a massive reduction in how much data they can pull from the Instagram API, shrinking the API limit from 5,000 to 200 calls per user per hour.
Causing this kind of platform whiplash could push developers away from the Instagram ecosystem, not that the company was too keen on some of these apps.
If Facebook and Instagram can’t even communicate changes to its policies with proper procedure and transparency, it’s hard to imagine it’s composed enough to firmly and fairly enforce them.
Hopefully it's he beginning of the downfall.