These days the Instagram App is changing the platform usage time options for its users. Initially, people had the option to select a minimum time limit of 5 minutes per day, but now they can instead opt for a minimum of 30 minutes. Up to a maximum of 3 hours. For this reason, an update now allows users to see a popup urging them to set a new daily usage limit for the application. And it warns that the value of 10 minutes “is no longer supported“. Therefore, the lowest option to set is 30 minutes.
Instagram: App changes the minimum usage time limits for users
A recent update of the Instagram App has changed the minimum limits of time of use of the platform. Now users can choose from five different options: 30 minutes, 45 minutes, one hour, 2 hours and 3 hours. This means that the ability to set the minimum limit to 10 minutes has completely disappeared. “We want to allow people to make intentional decisions about how much time they spend and how they want to interact with the App,” he said. Ameet Ranadive in 2018, when the App first introduced this feature. And now the option is radically changed, just a few months after the introduction of “Take a break”.
In this regard, the fact that the Instagram App releases a function that raises the minimum usage limit from 10 to 30 minutes is somewhat indicative. As it turns out, the platform would appear to be more concerned with people not spending enough time viewing its content than making sure their time is well spent. On the other hand, all this discourse contrasts a little with the introduction of the pause function from the App. In any case, this is the case at the moment. It will therefore be up to users to learn how to better manage their time. Will they succeed? It is clear that Instagram is convinced so.