Now that the Privacy and general conditions colourful (and frankly useless) symphony is over, we can focus again on what matters: the Instagram app itself.
The noise of the debate has eclipsed the fact that the app became significantly less usable. Instagram first blocked the ability to post an app from a photo album and in addition the ability to crop a picture had disappeared
As a consequence the App score of Instagram fell from 97 to 10.
Arrrrr….
At this point the Instagram dudes have noticed something is wrong. Good!
And they fixed it with an app update that came quickly. But partially. They only brought back the ability to add a picture from a photo album. But is that enough?
Sure, Instagram is now a 4.5 stars app, but let’s look at the details: because at this level of scales details matter.
Cropping is not back yet. As a consequence their App score is back up but only at 85 vs 97
The App store just in the USA shows that the current version has still well over 1000 ratings of 1 and 2 stars. Users want cropping. Yes. They do
Will Instagram listen? Probably. Let’s watch the next update
