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Probably 95% of non-fork Android users create or already have a Google account at the time of activation. And probably 95% of the ones that don't end up making

by Steko 14y ago

Probably 95% of non-fork Android users create or already have a Google account at the time of activation. And probably 95% of the ones that don't end up making one because it's a requirement for the app store or gmail or whatever. Now there's nothing wrong with that. There's not even anything wrong with defaulting G+ to "on". What's "wrong" is to go around claiming G+ is some kind of amazing success story that's growing like wildfire. It'd be like Apple adding a new Ping checkbox to Apple id profiles that defaults to on and then claiming Ping has 400 million new users and is a runaway success.

k3n 14y ago
G+ is not a requirement for Google Play, I have it disabled across my domain and still access and use the store without issue.
- Steko 14y ago
  "G+ is not a requirement for Google Play" Not claimed. The claim is that a Google Account is necessary for Google Play and when you sign up for a Google Account the default for G+ is on. And again I don't see anything wrong with that. But the obvious result is that this inflates the G+ numbers with people who aren't the least interested in G+ as a service. Again if Apple did this with Ping they'd be a laughingstock.
  - k3n 14y ago
    Ah, you meant a Google account, gotcha.
  - Evbn 14y ago
    If this is true it is a huge problem that Google would be publishing user information (name, photo) to the public on an opt-out basis, violating their privacy principles.
GFischer 14y ago
Ah, I didn't realize that Google+ defaulted to "on" when you create a new Google Account. So yes, I think you're right, most of those new accounts won't be using Google+ . Thanks for the clarification.