FILE PHOTO: Instagram Chief Executive Kevin Systrom answers a question at a news conference, as L-R: social media star Bryce Xavier, Instagram Product Manager Ashley Yuki and social media star Lele Pons look on, in San Francisco, California, U.S., June 20, 2018. REUTERS/David Ingram/File Photo
SAN FRANCISCO: When Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger sold Instagram to Facebook in 2012, the photo-sharing startup’s fiercely loyal fans worried about what would happen to their beloved app under the social media giant’s wings.
None of their worst fears materialised. But now that its founders have announced they are leaving in a swirl of well wishes and vague explanations, some of the same worries are bubbling up again – and then some. Will Instagram disappear? Get cluttered with ads and status updates? Suck up personal data for advertising the way its parent does? Lose its cool?
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