This secret setting will make your Instagram photos and reels look so much better

Instagram is an app that’s built around visuals. Whether you’re posting an endless stream of selfies, or impeccably shot reels of your perfect pancake recipe, your content is intended to be seen, so you’ll want it to look as good as possible. If you’re using the high-quality camera on your smartphone, you’d expect your Instagram posts to be equally high-quality, too. That’s why you may be disappointed to learn that Instagram could be secretly reducing the quality of your photos or videos when you upload them to the app. That’s right, an app designed for visual content is actively reducing the quality of that content, by default. Thanks a lot, Mark Zuckerberg.