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If the only thing you use it for is chat, I think you can chat with instagram users on FB messenger instead, which you can then heavily restrict in terms of the OS permissions you give to it.
Wait, really? Can I log in with my Instagram account onto it? If so that's great news because the main reason I'm keeping it right now is the chat, but sometimes get sucked into the content vortex.
I'm not sure, I think it may use an FB account. But you could make one specifically for this one use-case and then nuke your IG account.
Facebook is pretty strict with their account creation stuff compared to Instagram. On Instagram it's easy to make a bunch of alts and keep them. I tried to make an account on Facebook to access marketplace a long time ago and it got banned and they wanted my real name and ID to access the account.