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Google+ Photos To Shut Down August 1

Posted by Soulskill on from the google-product-graveyard dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Now that Google Photos exists separately from Google+, the company is shutting down the Google+ version of Photos starting on August 1. The Android version will be the first to go, followed shortly thereafter by the iOS and web versions. Fortune calls the old Photos app "a relic of the times when the search giant thought its social network Google Plus could become a huge hit."

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  1. Am I the only guy here that likes G+? by wardrich86 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Seriously - I feel like Google+'s only fan. The layout is far better than the alternatives. It doesn't give a false sense of security. It's much more in tune with my phone. It's easier to navigate. It's not flooded with fucking idiots. There are no ads. It supports animated gifs... the list just goes on and on and on. Why the hell did it not catch on like FB?

    People argue that they "already have a social network" but that didn't stop them from leaving MySpace in favour of FB.

    1. Re:Am I the only guy here that likes G+? by xmousex · · Score: 5, Insightful

      thinking the current bulk of users of facebook never heard of a myspace. they are the slow adopters forced into it through the social thing when they got their first ipod to keep up with their kids. parents and grandparents and teachers, they are not technology people, they just followed along and now they are stuck.

      the people who are real movers have already left facebook in concept and are on to other social systems entirely.

      google+ is the far better alternative to facebook in every way for the few of us who actually know, care, understand. Those few do not make much for a success story.

    2. Re:Am I the only guy here that likes G+? by Richy_T · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I might have been tempted to get a Google+ account. But their attempt to ram it down my throat put me right off the idea.