On a new account, is it new ?
It’s because I use vpn, email alias, random username, or every new account is like that ?
Refusing Instagram is a great way to make others ask you:
Why don’t you get Instagram?
It’s not libre software.
What’s libre software?
Software we don’t control.
We don’t control?
Software missing a libre software licence text file, like GPL.
What do you use?
We can talk on example libre app.
What’s the difference?
They can’t abuse us. We control it.
Also, always be someone others was to talk to.
Try deleting your account, that should solve the problem
Facebook/Meta (the owners of Instagram) have been extorting phone numbers and IDs from people for years. They don’t target everyone all at once, but a few hundred here, a few hundred there. I don’t know if they do it for all new accounts, but the practice is definitely not new.
This is one of the many reasons why I stopped using their services.
As far as I know, Meta has been demanding that info for a long while.
They want to make money with your data. No surprises here.
Pixelfed
If you need an account there, buy an already verified one, they go for less than a dollar
Where?
