Instagram has drastically and without warning reduced its API limit from 200 calls per user per hour to 5,000, leading to complaints from developers that the lack of warning from Instagram prevented them from rebuilding their apps. Apps that help users find out if their followers follow them back, analyse their audiences or find relevant hashtags are reaching their limit quickly. Some developers think the change is part of parent company Facebook's efforts to improve data privacy following recent scandals.
Instagram has drastically and without warning reduced its API limit from 5,000 calls per user per hour to 200, leading to complaints from developers that the lack of warning from Instagram prevented them from rebuilding their apps. Apps that help users find out if their followers follow them back, analyse their audiences or find relevant hashtags are reaching their limit quickly. Some developers think the change is part of parent company Facebook's efforts to improve data privacy following recent scandals.