Photographers have long been wary of Instagram’s management of their images, and today’s shift — and the lack of options or answers surrounding it — are unlikely to help the corporation. Back in 2012, a change to the app’s terms of service sparked fears that the firm would be allowed to sell users’ images (it couldn’t), but similar fears have persisted practically every time the app’s terms of service are altered. Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri recently announced that the service is “no longer a photo sharing app.”
Remixing could help photographers’ work reach more people — but it could also put their work in situations they don’t want to see it in, so I’d expect a lot of people to turn off the remix switch.
