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How, specifically, are you "coerced" into those services? Voice and YouTube are owned by Google. I'd expect a Google account to just work on all Google properti

How, specifically, are you "coerced" into those services? Voice and YouTube are owned by Google. I'd expect a Google account to just work on all Google properties, without me having to sign up for each individually. If you don't want to use those services, just don't visit them. What's the issue?

anon1385 11y ago
You really don't remember what happened with the forced merging/conversion of YouTube accounts into G+ accounts, the forced use of 'real names' on YouTube and the changes to YouTube comments? Before the final forced conversion they spent months and months trying to trick people into agreeing to change their account against their will using a bunch of interface design dark patterns. >If you don't want to use those services, just don't visit them. What's the issue? A lot of people did leave YouTube because of it, but that means they lost all their playlists and favourites and comments. Also that can't ever repair things for the people who had aspects of their personal lives suddenly exposed by Google sticking their real life identity on their previously pseudonymous YouTube videos and comments.
- icebraining 11y ago
  the forced use of 'real names' on YouTube How is that possible, considering I'm still called "icebraining" on YouTube, and I never had to associate a real name with my account?
  - onli 11y ago
    They ended that effort now. Are you sure your account is not linked to a Google+ account? Then you'd be part of the very small percentage that successfully blocked all the popup reminders and dialogues and thus never complied. For me, that was only possible by blocking the dialogues via adblock, and over times by not login in anymore.
- matdemy 11y ago
  You weren't forced to do anything. They asked you, do you want to combine your accounts? A lot of people just immediately clicked yes without realizing the consequences. To this day I still have my old YouTube account with a username.
  - deleted 11y ago
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  - fuck_google 11y ago
    You weren't forced to do anything. They just kindly asked you to bend over. You therefore volunteered to be fucked in the arse, in public. FTFY
  - CaptSpify 11y ago
    I think you might have missed this part: > Before the final forced conversion they spent months and months trying to trick people into agreeing to change their account against their will using a bunch of interface design dark patterns. There was no way for me to say "no, I don't want it, stop asking me". And they kept changing the pop-up locations. And once linked, the accounts couldn't be unlinked. So no, you weren't "forced", but there was some really shady coersion

anon1385 11y ago

You really don't remember what happened with the forced merging/conversion of YouTube accounts into G+ accounts, the forced use of 'real names' on YouTube and the changes to YouTube comments? Before the final forced conversion they spent months and months trying to trick people into agreeing to change their account against their will using a bunch of interface design dark patterns. >If you don't want to use those services, just don't visit them. What's the issue? A lot of people did leave YouTube because of it, but that means they lost all their playlists and favourites and comments. Also that can't ever repair things for the people who had aspects of their personal lives suddenly exposed by Google sticking their real life identity on their previously pseudonymous YouTube videos and comments.

icebraining 11y ago
the forced use of 'real names' on YouTube How is that possible, considering I'm still called "icebraining" on YouTube, and I never had to associate a real name with my account?
- onli 11y ago
  They ended that effort now. Are you sure your account is not linked to a Google+ account? Then you'd be part of the very small percentage that successfully blocked all the popup reminders and dialogues and thus never complied. For me, that was only possible by blocking the dialogues via adblock, and over times by not login in anymore.
matdemy 11y ago
You weren't forced to do anything. They asked you, do you want to combine your accounts? A lot of people just immediately clicked yes without realizing the consequences. To this day I still have my old YouTube account with a username.
- deleted 11y ago
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- fuck_google 11y ago
  You weren't forced to do anything. They just kindly asked you to bend over. You therefore volunteered to be fucked in the arse, in public. FTFY
- CaptSpify 11y ago
  I think you might have missed this part: > Before the final forced conversion they spent months and months trying to trick people into agreeing to change their account against their will using a bunch of interface design dark patterns. There was no way for me to say "no, I don't want it, stop asking me". And they kept changing the pop-up locations. And once linked, the accounts couldn't be unlinked. So no, you weren't "forced", but there was some really shady coersion