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It astonishes me that people don't have an issue with this: > I need a Google account to interact with most of Google's services these days. but seem to have
by lawdawg 13y ago
It astonishes me that people don't have an issue with this:
> I need a Google account to interact with most of Google's services these days.
but seem to have major issues with this:
> I need a Google+ account to interact with most of Google's services these days.
Why do people have such a hard time accepting that Google+ accounts are a natural progression of Google's account management (and eventually will replace the old, fragmented Google, Youtube, whatever account system)? Sure, it has a companion social networking site, and requires a real name (or what that looks like one), but that requirement could have been applied to regular Google accounts as well and I highly doubt we would still see the amount of complaining we see today about Google+ accounts.
- MostAwesomeDude 13y agoWhatever you say, Mr. Lawdawg. What a great last name; I wish I could have one like that.
- corresation 13y agoThis is exactly my confusion about this parade of complaints. Google Account --> Google+ Account. Nothing about that says that you ever have to use a single aspect of Google+ the Facebook-competitor, and your empty profile can sit doing nothing. I do not understand the outrage simply that it exists.
- mynewwork 13y agoI have a hard time accepting it, because it's not a 'natural progression' at all, it's forcing me into a headache I don't want. Gmail is the best free email, and GTalk was convenient instant messaging. Both great, I used them daily. Using these services doesn't imply that I want a public profile, that I want a social network, that I want to share anything or that I want the constant hassle of setting privacy settings, then resetting them every month when they change or new features are added which I'm auto-enrolled into. I don't want searching for my name to show a Google+ profile. I don't want videos I've watched, articles I've read or links I've clicked to appear in a stream/wall/circle/feed. I've had to go through facebook's privacy settings a dozen times because they keep changing or adding features which default all users to maximum-sharing. Google is too important for me to have to worry about accidentally broadcasting all my interactions with various google services to the world or my contacts.