With news of Instagram being bought for $1 Billion by Facebook a few days ago Instagram has surely been in a lot of conversations lately. Just last week on Tuesday Instagram, the popular photo sharing social networking smart photo app released it's version for Android devices, which was previously only for Apple IOS systems. Several online news sites posted information on the huge news, including The Huffington Post, New York Times, and gadget culture blog Gizmodo. Within 24 hours over a million android users downloaded the app.
The "Issue" with the Intsagram opening up for Android users that came up during the first days of the news was the different positions Iphone and Android users had on the app for android, whether is was a good or bad thing. The notion that Iphone/apple users as being superior to users with different systems came into play. In CNN's write up it shared a tweet from an assumed Iphone user, "Instagram went from a gated community to section 8 all in 1 day".
Current culture buzz blog Uproxx also shares more of these negative statements from iphone users, where the overall message being "that Instagram is going to be ruined by the shitty taste of Android users. If you don’t have enough taste to pick the right phone, you can’t possibly have enough taste to shoot supercool images, right?".
I don't see how the presence of a user you don't want around can bother you, unless you follow them?
Before IG for android, there were already Iphone users who used the app for no serious reason, they aren't photographers or actively engaged within the photography community within Instagram or not, just people posting anything. But all you have to do is not follow them if you don't want to see their photos. There is no need for this aggressive possessiveness and claim to a public phone application.
However, even though there were some clearly negative people and out of line comments with the switch there were definitely some warm welcomes from Iphone users, as on Instagram's post that morning. More warm welcomes from users commenting on popular photography accessory store Photojojo's post, and on IG community team member Jessica Zollman' post(JayZombie). It was actually J's post that I first read about Instagram being available for Android and to see the positivity from users, as well as the defense some Iphone users for their friends who had Android phones generates a great spirit in the community.
Honestly, I personally was also thinking it would be great for IG to be open to other systems for some of my own friends and other photographers to partake in photo sharing who before were left out, particularly LA based photographer Daniel Seung Lee.
It's clear there is a division in mentality, notably between those welcoming Android users, who are a little more serious about great photography while at the same time have a playfulness to them that Instagram aslo brings to photo sharing and users who are upset, and seem to care more about what phone they're using.
Why else would it matter who is using an app? But why does that matter?
It's more than silly, it's ridiculous.
Why else would it matter who is using an app? But why does that matter?
It's more than silly, it's ridiculous.
Would those Iphone users have been upset, or ever thought about exclusivity if the app initially came out as an open system app?
The argument against Instagram for Android and other systems is unreasonable because the purpose of the app was not and is not separation, but a tool for community by means of photo sharing.
It made me think of how crazy Iphone users truly are. This just shows how people have created a way to find a social barrier between those between who can afford and those you can't.
ReplyDeleteI honestly don't really care I just think people just to relax and share apps. Dosn't matter if its an android or an Iphone they can do the same shit.
In reality I think Iphone users are upset at the fact they had spent all this money on an what use to be an "exclusive" gadget is now available to androids. If android users found a loop hole to this spending money to cudos to them.
Plus I think propel shouldn't get upset about this, this just proves to the world you really you don't have a life.
Overall awesome post.