Although many claim that the apps on Ubuntu Phone are few, the truth is that thanks to scopes, many important apps such as social networks can work on Ubuntu Phone, as well as if it were the official app. So we can have Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or YouTube at the touch of a finger, but now It seems that not all will be in this new mobile ecosystem.
Instagram has stopped working for Ubuntu Phone. It was not you nor was it the new OTA-11, the problem is with Instagram and its API, an API that has been closed.
The scope of Instagram has fallen but there are already other alternatives
Instagram long ago launched several APIs to develop apps and services through its programs and technologies. One of them was the one that used the Ubuntu Phone scope, but precisely that same API has recently been closed by Instagram for its strong access to the application. This API allowed not only to view user images but also to perform other actions such as writing comments, saving or uploading images, etc ... This API could be dangerous for Instagram and it decided to close it at the beginning of the year. From January 1, 2016 to June 1, 2016, the developer was allowed to change the API and use a less functional API for the user. A lot of developers have done it, but the Instagram scope makers for Ubuntu Phone haven't so now we don't have Instagram on Ubuntu Phone, at least at the moment.
The good thing about free software and mobile ecosystems is that they quickly we can obtain an alternative as good or better to the previous one, so we may soon have a new Instagram app that works better than the scope, meanwhile we can use Instagram through the web browser, something fully functional for less demanding users and at least a great temporary solution Do not you think?