"#Meta will deprecate support for #endtoendencryption beginning on May 8:

"Very few people were opting in to end-to-end encrypted messaging in DMs, so we're removing this option from Instagram in the coming months. Anyone who wants to keep messaging with end-to-end encryption can easily do that on WhatsApp."

The statement says the feature is being deprecated because not enough people used it — that the whole situation is our fault."

https://www.platformer.news/instagram-encryption-meta-whatsapp/