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[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You don't have to be signed into Instagram at least to view things someone has shared with you. It'll nag every now and then but it doesn't stop you.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For me it stopped me plenty of times.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 3 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Yeah, plus, I have all Meta shit blocked in all my VLANs, which doesn't help either.

I just use this on my phone with a VPN to download whatever it is, see it, and then delete it:

https://github.com/naicolas-dev/socialmedia-downloader

Has worked every single time. I think it works for TikTok, but that is something I'm not even willing to try.