> It's like a cellphone that you cant call anyone with. No one really cares if it's 1000 times easier to use if you can't call your friends. And now you know w

> It's like a cellphone that you cant call anyone with. No one really cares if it's 1000 times easier to use if you can't call your friends. And now you know why they're unifying their account system under Google+. Being able to include everyone who has ever had a YouTube or GMail account in their social network means that suddenly, people you know _are_ on Google+. This is nothing new. This is basically the sequel to the YouTube -> Google Account transition that happened a few years ago, except this time it's in a post Google Reader shutdown world so Google is no longer the darling of Hacker News and Reddit commenters.