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johnrob
Kudos to instagram for its passionate following. Few startups have users who care so much.
the-come-ons
The last sentence of the article is my exact sentiment towards the article.

"So let’s put our energy towards worrying about more important things, shall we?"

I am not a fan of this type of news on HN.

waferlove
I find it difficult to believe this article. I can't imagine users caring that much since their experience isn't changing at all.
JohnTHaller
The article makes perfect sense when you consider their target demographic. It's a very 'hipster-esque' app, targeting users in and around that demographic. There was a very popular YouTube video out of the UK that made fun of the whole demographic including the folks who go out and have 'new age fun with a vintage feel' on London fields (though the video references it as 'Polaroid app on my iPhone'). And the one thing we know about hipsters and those who want to be, they HATE it when what they like becomes 'mainstream'. Now, that's not to say that all Instagram users are hipsters. But, every single iPhone user whining about it Instagram being released for Android certainly is.
jack-r-abbit
I always sort of equated Instagram with "hipster" (not that there is anything wrong with that). So it was kind of ironic when I saw one iOS user threaten to leave Instagram because of the "influx of hipsters". It made me chuckle. I've never been impressed with Instagram and that had nothing to do with not having it on my Android phone. It had to do with all the strange filters that people used. I'm not really interested in getting it. But this whole thing really underscores the feeling that iPhone users think a bit too much of themselves.

That dude's tweet: https://twitter.com/#!/Tyler_Chester/status/1873214042476544...

dmishe
Some great journalism there.