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My last photo on Instagram and bye bye!

Instagram recently made a change to its Terms Of Service which automatically allows advertisers to buy your photos from them without even the need to ask users, least paying users a portion of the sale. Wrote the new Instagram new TOS, You agree that a business or other entity may pay us to display your username, likeness, photos (along with any associated metadata), and/or actions you take, in connection with paid or sponsored content or promotions, without any compensation to you. There is no option for you to say no, so the only thing left to do is to export the photos I have taken and delete my Instagram account. Before that can be done, there is a need to export photos.  Forbes have a good list of export sites here . Gizmodo argued that you " Stop Whining About Your Personal Data on Instagram You Little Whiny Baby ", while ZDNet says " No, what Instagram just did to its users is not acceptable ". I agree completely with ZDNET. This is my concern. S...