Me neither. It seems perfectly consonant with Google's entire MO, and not in any way out of line with the implicit or explicit usage agreement that people have

Me neither. It seems perfectly consonant with Google's entire MO, and not in any way out of line with the implicit or explicit usage agreement that people have with them. Perhaps the culture of G+ is such that this is unexpected, or perhaps it's just HN echo chamber bleating? I'm not a Google user, so I wouldn't presume to say.