instagram: Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, who have been at the company since Instagram's acquisition by Facebook in 2012, had been able to keep the brand and product independent while relying on Facebook's infrastructure and resources to grow, according to The Toronto Star. Lately, they were frustrated with an uptick in day-to-day involvement by Zuckerberg, who has become more reliant on Instagram in planning for Facebook's future, said the people, who asked not to be identified sharing internal details. The stock dropped 2 per cent in pre-market trading Tuesday. Kevin Systrom, left, and Mike Krieger, Instagram's co-founders, in their headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., March 24, 2017. For years, Systrom and Krieger were able to amicably resist certain Facebook product initiatives that they felt went against their vision, while leaning on Facebook for resources, infrastructure and engineering talent. CHRISTIE HEMM KLOK / New York Times Without the founders around, Instagram is likely to become more tightly integrated with Facebook, making it more of a product division within the larger company than an independent operation, the people said.
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