We Need To Talk, Google
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We Need To Talk, Google
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#2For some reasons, I actually do agree. My dad just yesterday enjoyed some hard time trying to get even simple services like Gmail to work. Because he knew how to use it earlier, but now things works differently than they used to.
Cloud services, nice, you'll get always latest version. But what if the latest version simply isn't something you want?
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#3Google has gotten really really bad about this. I don't typically log in to Gmails web interface, but when I do I'm accosted by little yellow popups everywhere that obscure the interface. After logging in to google services, the first thing I have to do is cleanup all the unnecessary clutter.
And this pushiness with Plus has consumed all my good will with Google. They used up their reputation advantage, and are just another tech company to me now. I hope it was worth it, because reputations are very very expensive things to change.
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#4The Youtube/G+ insistence is so frustrating. It's driven me to Vimeo several times.
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#5You get this popup if you're doing anything on youtube, even just trying watch Baby Mozart. (My son is one.)
For viewing, you can just delete the cookies and reload the page. With Reader gone (and forwarding for GMail, which I've also deprecated), I don't stay logged in to google.com anymore.
That doesn't work of course if you actually want to use your youtube channel, but hey.
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#6Google is getting pushy now because they can. They've become habitual and omnipresent. Now is the perfect time.
A couple of years ago I could see Google's vendor lock-in strategy unfold. I've been trying ever since to completely purge myself of Google, but it hasn't been easy.
For anyone thinking of doing the same, be prepared to test many services out.
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#7If you click long enough on any Google service, you will end up with a Google + account. It's just statistics.
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#8Is it "evil"? No. While I agree with the author that it sucks, I feel that calling it evil dilutes the word of the power it should have when used.
So much ink has been spilled on the "evil" stuff that it seems as though people's energy and attention spans are exhausted when the more "banal" stuff comes around. And so Google can get away with shoving as much G+ on us as they like.
"Google, don't be banal"....more accurate, but decidedly less catchy
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#9I continually say No when Google asks to link my accounts, but it's getting rather annoying. Google is doing whatever it can to get users on Google+ which I think makes sense for them. Maybe they have some greater vision that I don't know about, but Google isn't one to advertise that type of stuff.
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#10Get over it people, Google+ is the new account system for all Google products. If you don't like Google having a single account/profile system, or the fact that Google+ profiles include a "social" network product, then you best look for alternatives ASAP.