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One person said the requirement was 'enough to make me not download it'.

Instagram boss says "we're looking into a way to delete your Threads account separately".Already thinking of deleting your Threads account? You won't be able to do so without terminating your Instagram profile too — at this stage at least.and features short text posts that users can like, re-post and reply to, much like Twitter, although it does not have any direct message capabilities.

"Threads is powered by Instagram, so right now it's just one account, but we're looking into a way to delete your Threads account separately," wrote Instagram boss Adam Mosseri in a post on the new app.Some said that this was enough to stop them setting up a Threads account. Another said: "The fact that you have to delete your instagram account to delete your threads profile and data is enough to make me not download it."

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