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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."
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.
As long as they don't swap in FB integrations I think it is a win for all.
My eyes reflect the stars and a smile lights up my face.
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.
It was a Microsoft tactic - an attempt to be second to market and use your monopoly dominance in other sectors to power yourself past the leader. It didn't work, but I can't think of a single instance where it has worked in recent years. It may be the last time that such a strategy succeeded was when IBM released the original PC and blew the rest of the market out of the water.
Microsoft tried it with Zune, Xbox, multiple times with Windows Phone, Bing, etc. Never works. Anyway, if I was using a repeatedly failed tactic to achieve market dominance and it didn't work, I wouldn't exactly tie a noose around the railing of my deck and jump.
HBI's Law: Frequency of calling others Nazis is directly correlated with the likelihood of the accuser being Communist.
I get very tired of apps that constantly nag for reviews.
If a company asks for a review once, I ignore it. If they ask more than once, I leave a negative review, explaining that their review request spam is a reason not to buy their product.
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google+ does not block adblocking. Point for them.
Now they need to drop Google+
Still can't comment on YouTube without being forced to create a damn channel. Screw that.