From PC Mag: You can download the Instagram app on an iPad, but it runs as an enlarged version intended for Apple's smartphones. Instagram turns 10 years old later this year and still doesn't offer an app made specifically for the iPad despite users asking for one repeatedly. It turns out that Instagram, a subsidiary of Facebook, just doesn't feel it has enough people to design a proper version of the app for the world's most popular line of tablets.
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri offered up the explanation in a Story last week, according to The Verge's Chris Welch. He said an iPad version remains of interest, but there just isn't a large enough team and related resources to allocate toward its development.
"We'd like to build an iPad app, but we only have so many people and lots to do, and it hasn't bubbled up as the next best thing to do yet," Mosseri said to his followers.
It's strange to hear Instagram can't build a dedicated iPad app due to insufficient resources. Facebook generated a record-breaking $21.1 billion in revenue during Q4 2019, employs nearly 50,000 people, and operates several top-ranking mobile apps. Instagram, meanwhile, boasts over 1 billion monthly active users. Surely a large portion of them own an iPad, and yet Instagram doesn't feel it has the ability to create a tailored version of its app to take advantage of the tablet's screen size.
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