they haven't gave up on evil. they just optimized this iteration. they saw that the most profitable info they could get was tagged pictures (in use even on the

they haven't gave up on evil. they just optimized this iteration. they saw that the most profitable info they could get was tagged pictures (in use even on their captcha service). So they moved it out of G+, and forced everyone with an android phone to upload things for them with or without a g+ account. that's another level of evil.