One aspect of the google plus thing was that google liked to link it to peoples other google services. Some people had their google+ accounts suspended for rea

One aspect of the google plus thing was that google liked to link it to peoples other google services. Some people had their google+ accounts suspended for reasons such as "google is not sure that you are using your real name" or an unspecified terms of service violation and got their gmail accounts locked as well. For many people, loosing access to their gmail is really bad. Suddenly it's a huge hassle to get their car insurance policy pdf or email their landlord. For many people, it was not worth the risk of loosing access to their main email address.