Instagram bans access to its API

Question

Does anybody know about the latest Instagram news: \"Starting 10/1/2017, all permissions other than the basic permission will be unavailable to submit for or obtain.\"

Answer 1

I tried to start a last minute review process for a website i was working on, after i read that instagram is about to close down access on its api. Yesterday my request was declined and now it is no longer possible to start a review process with any other permission than basic. They also updated their login permissions overview page. Any applications to permissions other than basic are no longer accepted.

This is really sad. I think Instagram is a great platform with lots of opportunities to create great services on top of it. It would be really interesting to know the strategy behind it. The graph api clearly isn't a replacement for the classic api, since it is limited to business accounts and therefore also supports only limited use cases.