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It seems so: https://plus.google.com/u/0/downgrade/ https://plus.google.com/u/0/downgrade/

officemonkey 13y ago
Thank you. I never use Google+ and I was so irritated by their youtube migration attempts recently that I didn't look back.
- martinml 13y ago
  That's weird. I got asked _once_ if I wanted to migrate my YouTube account to G+, I said no, and never got asked again.
  - ajanuary 13y ago
    I've seen stories both from people who continually got pestered (like myself) and from people who didn't (such as yourself). I dunno why though.
    - raspo 13y ago
      I get all those messages too. I think it's because I'm using an old youtube account that I later connected to the google one.
      - officemonkey 13y ago
        That's what happened to me too.
    - lawdawg 13y ago
      are you actually hitting the "No" button, and providing a reason, or are you just closing the dialog?
      - lmm 13y ago
        I gave "No" with reasons, and got asked two or three times.
  - barrkel 13y ago
    When was the last time you logged in, from an logged out state? I get pestered every time I log in.
    - martinml 13y ago
      I'm pretty much always logged in. Just to be sure, I went to YouTube, logged out and then in again, but nothing different happened. I have a standard Google Account username (i.e. my username and not my real name appears when I comment) and it's not linked in any way to G+ (although I _do_ use G+ often, might that be the difference?).
mjolk 13y ago
IIRC, this removes the ability to use hangouts as well.
- jonknee 13y ago
  > You’ll need a full Google+ account to get access to all of Hangouts’ features including group video calls, sharing photos, and using Hangouts with Google+ circles. https://support.google.com/hangouts/answer/2944865?hl=en&ref_topic=2944848 https://support.google.com/hangouts/answer/2944865?hl=en&ref...
  - Shank 13y ago
    A friend turned off Google+ and Hangouts was entirely shut down for him, even on the browser side. I'm not sure if that's a recent change, but deleting a Google+ profile seems to cause some unexpectedly bad things to happen, like that. I know for a fact it is impossible to use Hangouts on iOS devices without maintaining a Google+ profile. A friend was forcibly signed out when she deleted the profile it created for her using the iOS app. Either Google+ is on or Hangouts isn't a stable option. Edit: To clarify, two separate friends who don't like/use Google+. Sorry if I'm being confusing when trying to add context.

Thank you. I never use Google+ and I was so irritated by their youtube migration attempts recently that I didn't look back.

martinml 13y ago
That's weird. I got asked _once_ if I wanted to migrate my YouTube account to G+, I said no, and never got asked again.
- ajanuary 13y ago
  I've seen stories both from people who continually got pestered (like myself) and from people who didn't (such as yourself). I dunno why though.
  - raspo 13y ago
    I get all those messages too. I think it's because I'm using an old youtube account that I later connected to the google one.
    - officemonkey 13y ago
      That's what happened to me too.
  - lawdawg 13y ago
    are you actually hitting the "No" button, and providing a reason, or are you just closing the dialog?
    - lmm 13y ago
      I gave "No" with reasons, and got asked two or three times.
- barrkel 13y ago
  When was the last time you logged in, from an logged out state? I get pestered every time I log in.
  - martinml 13y ago
    I'm pretty much always logged in. Just to be sure, I went to YouTube, logged out and then in again, but nothing different happened. I have a standard Google Account username (i.e. my username and not my real name appears when I comment) and it's not linked in any way to G+ (although I _do_ use G+ often, might that be the difference?).

mjolk 13y ago

IIRC, this removes the ability to use hangouts as well.

jonknee 13y ago
> You’ll need a full Google+ account to get access to all of Hangouts’ features including group video calls, sharing photos, and using Hangouts with Google+ circles. https://support.google.com/hangouts/answer/2944865?hl=en&ref_topic=2944848 https://support.google.com/hangouts/answer/2944865?hl=en&ref...
- Shank 13y ago
  A friend turned off Google+ and Hangouts was entirely shut down for him, even on the browser side. I'm not sure if that's a recent change, but deleting a Google+ profile seems to cause some unexpectedly bad things to happen, like that. I know for a fact it is impossible to use Hangouts on iOS devices without maintaining a Google+ profile. A friend was forcibly signed out when she deleted the profile it created for her using the iOS app. Either Google+ is on or Hangouts isn't a stable option. Edit: To clarify, two separate friends who don't like/use Google+. Sorry if I'm being confusing when trying to add context.