It's rather difficult to keep a Google account without it growing Gmail, Google+ and so on over the years. My own Google account was forced to gain a Gmail addr

It's rather difficult to keep a Google account without it growing Gmail, Google+ and so on over the years. My own Google account was forced to gain a Gmail address by Youtube one day (and doing so really screwed it up, as now all my Google-using friends see my Gmail address as my primary email address).