People Are Freaking the Fuck Out That Instagram Is Now Advertising Products

Instagram – If you’re in the United States, you’ll see the sample ad above sometime in the coming week. This is a one-time ad from the Instagram team that’s meant to give you a sense for the look and feel of the ads you will see. You’ll know a photo or video is an advertisement when you see the “Sponsored” label where the time stamp normally would be. Tap this label to learn more about how advertising works on Instagram. As always, you own your own photos and videos. The introduction of advertising won’t change this. If you have other questions about how advertising on Instagram works, you can learn more here.

People are the fucking best. And by best I mean the worst. Like how about these morons freaking out that Instagram has ads on their app now? What did these Occupy Wallstreet idiots think was going to happen? That Instagram was just going to make no attempt to make money forever? That it is a charity app that only exists so random strangers could happily tint their photos? Grow the fuck up. This is America bro. We are a Capitalist society. Of course they needed to sell ads. It’s either that or making people pay for a subscription. Humans can be such fucking peabrains. The ads aren’t even that bad.  You just scroll the fuck past them if you don’t like em or stop using instagram. Either way nobody wants to hear you cry about it. Shut up Commie.

PS – You shouldn’t have to be a media mogul with a feature in this month’s Entrepreneur Magazine to understand this concept but I guess it helps….(And no I don’t know what I’m doing in this picture.  It looks like my nose was running)