Instagram Lite is dead, all hail full-fat Instagram

It's the big download or bust, baby

Social media platforms have maintained slimmed-down versions of their apps in the past few years to grab more users from developing markets with low-end hardware. Facebook, however, has decided to shut down Instagram Lite and is now redirecting users to the main app. The company has not said why.

A lot of lite apps are basically nothing more than a managed WebView browser with a few extra elements and this was no exception to that rule.

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