Rumor: Google Planning to Stop Forcing Google+ Integration

[alj]

The one nice thing with google + is the ability to quickly and easily share photos i have taken on my phone.

I don't like my other stuff being integrated with it, why not just have it as an option on each service? then people could use the bits they like and not use the bits they don't , then everyone is happy

 

[144_v1legacy]

A long time ago, Google set itself up with the mantra "don't be evil," which was probably sincere. At least before success became substantial. Steve Jobs once called them out on the bullshit of the phrase in a large corporate setting, and more and more he got proven right in hindsight.

But

if Google decides to risk economic viability to make their product better, i.e., if this rumor isn't so rumor-y, it may indicate a return to form. Wouldn't that be nice?

 

[Steve the Pocket]

How much you wanna bet anyone who already went forward with the Google+ integration will suddenly find themselves locked out of their primary YouTube account? Because judging from how clumsily executed the integration process was in the first place (great job, YouTube! Now I have two accounts with the same email address, one that has all my history and favorites, and one that's actually allowed to comment on shit), that's how it's likely to go.

Frankly I wouldn't mind if they just wiped all of YouTube's comments and forced everyone to start with a clean slate. YouTube comments are second only to 4chan in terms of unchecked assholery on the Internet. And even 4chan threads stay in their own shit-stained corner of the Internet where decent people never venture and disappear forever after less than a day.

EDIT: Come to think of it, maybe they should just remove the comment feature altogether and permanently. It's not like it's going to get any better in the future.

 

[Thedutchjelle]

Just tried to make a youtube comment.

Suddenly popup appears where I have to fill in my information for a Google PLus page. So much for phasing this bs out. I can't comment now anymore until I hand over my details.