Google + forced on Youtubers. Who hates it or loves it?

[APlotdevice]

and I ask again, why is it so bad. There is physically nothing wrong with G+. You might not want to use it but if you have a Google account you already use it. This is really much ado about nothing.

Let me ask you something: Why do you think Google is so desperate to get their social network off the ground? The answer is simple really: Advertising. That's Google's primary source of income. It always has been. And social networks are very profitable for advertisers, since they can collect TONS of personal information and then use this information to more effectively target their ads. Some of us however would prefer not to give our personal information away, and thus try to avoid social networks as much as possible.

Oh there is one thing I can do: stop using as many Google services as possible. It's a painful process that I have begun by changing my default search engine.

 

[MacNut]

Let me ask you something: Why do you think Google is so desperate to get their social network off the ground? The answer is simple really: Advertising. That's Google's primary source of income. It always has been. And social networks are very profitable for advertisers, since they can collect TONS of personal information and then use this information to more effectively target their ads. Some of us however would prefer not to give our personal information away, and thus try to avoid social networks as much as possible.

Oh there is one thing I can do: stop using as many Google services as possible. It's a painful process that I have begun by changing my default search engine.

You do know that just using the internet goes through Google analytics, doesn't matter if you don't use google.

 

[kazmac]

doesn't bother me

I just watch the occasional clip on youtube, do not comment. The only Google service I use beyond the occasional search is gmail as a back up.

 

[LIVEFRMNYC]

Just edited the OP on some of the things I hate.