README.txt [V2]

Author: seanpm2001

Compliance/Corp/I/N/Instagram/!OldVersions/README/English/USA/README.txt

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 Data can be taken out without a fee.
 
+> **Warning** _Instagram is **very hostile**, and has a high chance of suspending your account for doing a data takeout. While data can be taken out without a fee, you may have your account suspended for it._
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 </details>
 
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 Data takeouts are possible, I was actually really surprised by this, based on the nature of Facebook. Unlike the other services I tested (excluding ProtonCalendar) Instagram is incredibly fast on data takeouts, generating ~3 megabytes of data in less than 5 minutes, opposed to Reddit, Twitter, and others, which took a minimum of 1 day to do about the same.
 
+> **Warning** _Instagram is **very hostile**, and has a high chance of suspending your account for doing a data takeout. While data can be taken out, you may have your account suspended for it._
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 </details>
 
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 Data can be taken out in full. This was also surprising to me. There is the downside that you have to request HTML and JSON data separately, so I had to do 2 takeouts to get everything. It is highly complete, and it took less than 20 minutes for me to get all data (time to login (several times) included)
 
+> **Warning** _Instagram is **very hostile**, and has a high chance of suspending your account for doing a data takeout. While data can be taken out in full, you may have your account suspended for it._
+
 </details>
 
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 Data takeout is hidden behind some settings, and a password is asked for every time you go to do a data takeout. Other than that, it doesn't try to restrict you from doing a data takeout.
 
+Update from 2023, Friday, August 11th: My account was suspended 4 days after doing a data takeout. The reason cited was that the data takeout tool by Instagram violates Instagrams terms of service. Instagram is **very hostile**, I would lower the score further based on this alone, but it wouldn't fit into the rules of this project. You can read more about the exchange [:octocat: `here (seanpm2001/Instagram#suspension-2023-august-11th)`](https://github.com/seanpm2001/Instagram#suspension-2023-august-11th)
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 </details>
 
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 Data can only be taken out for 4 days, which is much shorter than the 7 days or longer that other services I tested give.
 
+> **Warning** _Instagram is **very hostile**, and has a high chance of suspending your account for doing a data takeout. While data can be taken out for 4 days, you may get your account suspended after this time is up._
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 </details>
 
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 Data can be taken out in a standard format. A ZIP file is given, which contains all data in acceptable formats, although you have to do 2 takeouts if you want to get both JSON and HTML data.
 
+> **Warning** _Instagram is **very hostile**, and has a high chance of suspending your account for doing a data takeout. While data can be taken out in a standard format, you may have your account suspended for it._
+
 Standard formats include, but are not limited to:
 
 ```plain-text
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 **File type:** `Markdown (*.md *.mkd *.mdown *.markdown)`
 
-**File version:** `1 (2023, Tuesday, August 8th at 06:38 pm PST)`
+**File version:** `2 (2023, Tuesday, August 15th at 02:38 pm PST)`
 
-**Line count (including blank lines and compiler line):** `227`
+**Line count (including blank lines and compiler line):** `276`
 
-**Word count:** `1,204`
+**Word count:** `1,679`
 
-**Character count (including spaces):** `7,616`
+**Character count (including spaces):** `10,644`
 
-**Character count (excluding spaces):** `6,414`
+**Character count (excluding spaces):** `6,451`
 
-**Size (in bytes):** `7,664`
+**Size (in bytes):** `10,692`
 
 **Current article language:** `English (EN_USA)` / `Markdown (CommonMark)` / `HTML5 (HyperText Markup Language 5.3)`
 
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 </details>
 
+## [Version 2 (2023, Tuesday, August 15th at 02:38 pm PST)](#Version-1-2023-Tuesday-August-15th-at-02-38-pm-PST)
+
+<details open><summary><p lang="en"><b><u>Click/tap here to expand/collapse the entry for version 2</u></b></p></summary>
+
+**This release was created by:** [:octocat: `@seanpm2001`](https://github.com/seanpm2001/)
+
+> **Note** _This update was made to highlight Instagram hostilities._
+
+> Changes
+
+- [x] Updated the fees section
+- - [x] Added information about account suspension and hostilities
+- [x] Updated the takeout section
+- - [x] Added information about account suspension and hostilities
+- [x] Updated the takeout in full section
+- - [x] Added information about account suspension and hostilities
+- [x] Updated the hostile authorization section
+- - [x] Added information about account suspension and hostilities
+- [x] Updated the one month takeout time section
+- - [x] Added information about account suspension and hostilities
+- [x] Updated the standard format section
+- - [x] Added information about account suspension and hostilities
+- [x] Updated the file info section
+- - [x] Updated the file version timestamp
+- - [x] Updated the line count
+- - [x] Updated the word count
+- - [x] Updated the character count (no spaces)
+- - [x] Updated the character count (with spaces)
+- - [x] Updated the byte count
+- [x] Updated the file history section
+- - [x] Added an entry for version 2
+- [ ] No other changes in version 2
+
+</details>
+
+</details>
+
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