I have been posting on Google+ since it started. It has been a great alternative to Facebook, and has been vidal in keeping in touch with my family as I travel the world. I am dissapointed that even though we make billions for Google, they cannot let us have something we really like just because it doesn't make millions a month for them. They are greedy and do not deserve the loyalty we have given them.
Actually, the more likely reason is that G+ shares so much cutting edge science, and there is no loophole other than what can be inferred about the originators of this science through public data sampling. I would love that public data of G+ remain public, as it is a great asset.
ReplyDeleteI wish it was FB that died anyway, they're worse than this place.
ReplyDeleteJustin Martin Google cannot monetize us anymore because we're not attributable for advertising. The whole Cambridge Analytica scandal has put a magnifying glass on privacy.
ReplyDeleteInteresting comments. I see Google and Alphabet the owning company moving to a subscription model. Not going away. Changing from free to pay to stay, pa to play, having worked out the mechanisms by offering a lot for free for quite a while.
ReplyDeleteI'm starting to look into alternate email services, and have gotten some good suggestions from friends who like security and privacy.
ReplyDeleteblanche nonken, do tell. I’m thinking of ditching my gmail over all of this.
ReplyDeleteDon Dassinger they didn’t. They’re not offering the option of converting our accounts to paid accounts. I would sign up in a heartbeat.
ReplyDeleteThey are not taking away gmail. They are just ending the google plus. We can still use the gmail accounts for emailing.
ReplyDeleteSounds like some people have reached the anger phase of grief over losing Plus. I've been a heavy user since the service went live, but we have to admit that it just didn't catch on. Facebook is almost impossible to beat at this point, especially since one of the things we love about G+ (no ads) is a huge part of why the service is not sustainable. Honestly, there was little keeping this service going aside from the fact that some people at Alphabet enjoyed tweaking it now and then.
ReplyDeleteblanche nonken Please share!
ReplyDeleteJohn Douglas Porter I referenced this article: blog.fastestvpn.com - 10 Most Secure Email Providers You Need To Know About and so far the most common response has been in favor of Protonmail. One other person noted that with Proton being so popular, it's likely to be a bigger target for hackers.
ReplyDeleteblanche nonken ProtonMail
ReplyDeleteTara Tisinger they’re not taking away gmail yet.
ReplyDeleteJasper Janssen Some of us are sufficiently pissed off at Google that we want to avoid all of their products.
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ReplyDeleteJohn Douglas Porter Nothing says "I appreciated what you provided" more than abandoning all other products when one fails.
ReplyDeleteI don't owe them one word of thanks. Not when they've shat on us so shamelessly.
ReplyDeleteChris S, I wouldn’t call Gee Plus a failure. A niche product, possibly but with over half a million users, I wouldn’t call it a failure. If Google had done their job at marketing it, then maybe it would continue to catch on as more and more users get sick of FB. All the FB users I know complain about it and not a single one that I have talked to had even heard of Gee Plus.
ReplyDeleteThe beauty of Gee Plus is how you could trim your circles and feeds to only the things that were interesting to you. What sane person wouldn’t prefer that over being bombarded with bullshit, advertising, memes, spying, and drama like FB?
Odysseus Jones The marketing is part of it. The whole of G+, from its implementation, its upkeep, and even its marketing is a failure. If we're lucky, maybe Google will try again with a new network in a few years.
ReplyDeleteChris S "If we're lucky"? Like we are somehow beholden to that evil behemoth? We have to regard them as some kind of benevolent deity?
ReplyDeleteNever. I don't care what they come up with next. I am never putting my eggs in a Google basket again.
John Douglas Porter There are so many things people can talk about that would suggest Google is evil. Instead this is all bubbling up because they shut down a social networking service. People are kvetching because someone took away their toy - something we all enjoyed but not something that was actually ever necessary.
ReplyDeleteI say if we're lucky because I think they have a good eye for features. Again, it's not necessary in the grand scheme of things, but it would be nice if they gave it another go.
Chris S what exactly would be the point of Google trying again? They’ll just abandon it again, when they can’t get any users because they have a history of abandoning their users.
ReplyDeleteThis is not the kind of betrayal that’s conducive to trying again.
Fool me twice, shame on me. I'm not going to be fooled twice. The shame is currently on them, and that's where we ought to leave it.
ReplyDeleteSo, what would happen if we had an option of upgrading all consumer accounts to GSuite accounts?
ReplyDeleteAgain, what gets me is that this is because they're shuttering their free, ad-free, social networking service. I'd hate to see what some people are like when they're dumped...
ReplyDeleteChris S why do you feel it matters that it’s free? Let alone ad-free?
ReplyDeleteJasper Janssen Just noting positive things about the service.
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