Why the phone verification is required to claim a custom URL? Custom URL is a poor incentive to provide Google your phone number.
Agreed. I simply do not own a cellphone so a custom URL isn't possible.
Why I won't get a Google+ Custom URL
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#22What I did before I got mine, was redirected mydomain.com/+ to my Google+ profile, it's shorter, and more importantly, I control it.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Deleting your account was less galling than using your phone number to confirm your identity? Hm.
No, the whole YouTube thing. Having a channel, unchecking a bunch of boxes and worrying about extra policies - having an extra Google+ page with its own Talk address and inbox, in addition to the channel's inbox, etc. I just realized I don't use it, probably won't ever, and it'll only keep trying to get me to connect via other means, so I thought I'd nip it in the bud.
If you don't use it, why don't you just ignore it, like 99% of most YouTube uploaders?
All of these recent Google+ changes, aside from "Real Names," only affect people with a large YouTube following.
I absolutely support you deleting your YouTube account in protest of the ever-increasing Google+ requirements. But at least call it what it is--deleting your account in protest.
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#24Here's how it works. The techies create something. The legals come along and say, OK, to release that in the wild it needs some T&Cs that cover our arses for everything and then some, because people keep sueing us. In practice, would Google ever dare invoke this on a large scale? No, you know that. Yes, there should be some transparent process that is undertaken if yours were revoked, but Google only like stuff that…
You forgot the part where the business guys come in and ask why they aren't making money off this and decide to either cancel the service or start charging for it.
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#25Doesnt twitter and facebook have the same type of ToS?
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#26Honest question: are these terms of service significantly different than other services? Do Twitter / Github / etc have similar terms?
I came here to point this out. I would imagine other services have pretty much the same exact lingo in their terms. I think the author should definitely look into those before he claims Google+ to be worse. It seems like a very bias judgement before he does his background on the other services.
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#27This is weird. I could suggest a custom URL typing it myself. The form said that it would be reviewed but it got approved straight away. May be is because I just used Google's suggestion but removing the accent in my surname (I don't like them in an URL, and besides is the same thing I use in LinkedIn). That was 9 days ago.
The guy had a lot of options, mine was just one. Take or leave.
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#28Unfortunately, there is likely [please correct me if I'm wrong] a similarly-worded array of clauses in the contracts for many of their other services (or even g+ itself), that if taken seriously (i.e. not in a legalese manner), would likely cause a similar level of unjust alarm.
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#29For this exact reason I registered my own 1-letter URL shortener domain and use it to create my own custom redirects whenever I want without submitting to someone's BS TOS.
It's better to promote your own brand than someone else's.
Send me email at: g@c.gg :)
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#30There like domain names. No surprised at all. I'm surprised twitter hasn't charged yet.