DO NOT FEAR first, some organization may decide to buy google+ as it is, and find a way to monetize it. we own our data, but we already consented to be used by google, so nothing new. secondly, an api may be exposed, and various applications may join the dance of providing the interface. the applications may pay google or show her ads, as usual. this approach is available now, and would need to be extended. also, google+ data may be entirely migrated, subject to a programming effort, to new social platforms. following this path, current users may even preview their current data at other platforms, and have an opportunity to decide. and here it is: it's all about consent and credentials, and here is an idea to cleanly migrate all the google+ data: google would publish/sell the relations database, while initially keeping the posts and the profiles themselves, under the same credentials.the keys in the relations database are anonymous, and access to anything would be subject to provid...
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