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This can't be real... what the hell are they thinking?
This.
The app is where they can control the user the most while gathering maximum data.
So now they're just going about the process of making the app the only way to access their site.
capitalism
Capitalism has never and will never lead to innovation in anything other than extracting profits.
They're just so entirely bad at it they manage to not make profits on a website with nearly as much traffic as Instagram while paying close to nobody for moderation.