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But they will only add their photos to one, and that one will ultimately pull ahead.

bmelton 15y ago
And that is exactly why, at least on Android phones, the out of box Plus configuration is to automatically upload all pictures that are taken on a phone.
- waterlesscloud 15y ago
  You've got to have misstated that. That would be a complete and total disaster of enough scale to completely kill Plus.
  - bmelton 15y ago
    Nope. They're uploaded as 'private' by default, and it's a configurable option, so you can turn the auto-upload feature off altogether. Actually, maybe I did, because I think it asked me the first time whether or not I want auto-upload on or off by default; but even with it on, I don't feel even remotely unsafe -- the photos are automatically backed up to 'the cloud' and aren't shared unless I go in and explicitly share them.
    - waterlesscloud 15y ago
      Wow. That's deadly for Google. No matter what you personally may feel about it, I can guarantee we'll be seeing blog posts and news stories about "Google put my private pictures I took for my boyfriend on the internet." Guaranteed.
      - bmelton 15y ago
        I don't disagree, necessarily, but it would be a pretty baseless claim made by someone who doesn't understand how the internet (or the app) works. Admittedly, that's quite probably most people, but, as I said, it does ask you by default, and it does upload those pictures as private until you explicitly go and share them otherwise.
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  - powerje 15y ago
    Yes he has misstated this. When you load G+ on Android it asks whether you want your photos uploaded by default into a private album. It isn't the default by any means - the default is to ask the user what they want to do! It works really well too. I took a few pictures with my device and not even thinking about it got on my computer to upload them, before realizing I had told my phone to upload automatically. Very easy experience to share my photos and videos this way.
dmarquis 15y ago
I don't think photos are the main attraction anymore. I know lots of people that only add a couple of photos a year to Facebook but still visit the site every day.
wisty 15y ago
And new photos will go where your boss can't see them.

And that is exactly why, at least on Android phones, the out of box Plus configuration is to automatically upload all pictures that are taken on a phone.

waterlesscloud 15y ago
You've got to have misstated that. That would be a complete and total disaster of enough scale to completely kill Plus.
- bmelton 15y ago
  Nope. They're uploaded as 'private' by default, and it's a configurable option, so you can turn the auto-upload feature off altogether. Actually, maybe I did, because I think it asked me the first time whether or not I want auto-upload on or off by default; but even with it on, I don't feel even remotely unsafe -- the photos are automatically backed up to 'the cloud' and aren't shared unless I go in and explicitly share them.
  - waterlesscloud 15y ago
    Wow. That's deadly for Google. No matter what you personally may feel about it, I can guarantee we'll be seeing blog posts and news stories about "Google put my private pictures I took for my boyfriend on the internet." Guaranteed.
    - bmelton 15y ago
      I don't disagree, necessarily, but it would be a pretty baseless claim made by someone who doesn't understand how the internet (or the app) works. Admittedly, that's quite probably most people, but, as I said, it does ask you by default, and it does upload those pictures as private until you explicitly go and share them otherwise.
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- powerje 15y ago
  Yes he has misstated this. When you load G+ on Android it asks whether you want your photos uploaded by default into a private album. It isn't the default by any means - the default is to ask the user what they want to do! It works really well too. I took a few pictures with my device and not even thinking about it got on my computer to upload them, before realizing I had told my phone to upload automatically. Very easy experience to share my photos and videos this way.

dmarquis 15y ago

I don't think photos are the main attraction anymore. I know lots of people that only add a couple of photos a year to Facebook but still visit the site every day.

wisty 15y ago

And new photos will go where your boss can't see them.