Google Play Store Drops Google+ Integration (arstechnica.com)

An anonymous reader writes: The Google Play Store is the latest Google product to drop integration with Google+. The Play Store has dropped Google+ votes from apps and nixed the Google+ account requirement from app reviews, reports Ars Technica. "There was an entire Google+ focused 'People' section on the Play Store that showed apps and ratings from people you follow on Google+. The Play Store also allowed users to '+1' apps on the Play Store, which served as a vote of approval from people you follow. Both features are being stripped out of Google Play, starting earlier this week. The other feature being removed is the requirement to have a Google+ account to leave a Play Store review on apps, games, and media. Several users have reported to Android Police that they can now leave reviews using their regular Google account, where before they were nagged to create a Google+ account."

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Google's Social Media Platform is YouTube

[Anonymous Coward]

They should have concentrated on expanding that, not create Google Plus.

It was a bad idea to give everyone random character channel names since now it's just a generic account and nothing special.

Now can they do that for Youtube?

[caseih]

Right now I can't even reply to comments on my own video because of this Google+ requirement. I read that they were going to get rid of this some time ago, but so far as I know it's still there when I try to post.

Youtube comments are generally a wasteland for posting or reading, so I guess it really doesn't matter that much.

Re:Now can they do that for Youtube?

[Anonymous Coward]

The "social media" portion of YouTube needs a major overhaul or at least some high value tweaks. The click-baiting is totally out of control.

Thank the fuck christ

[Anonymous Coward]

Now they need to drop Google+