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JI7

(89,252 posts)
Wed Oct 2, 2013, 06:12 PM Oct 2013

does anyone hate Google + ?

why does it seem like i'm being forced to sign up for this crap every few weeks ? usually through youtube.

i select option which i assume is to not sign up for it but i end up on it anyways and then i need to find a way to get rid of it which they seem to make thougher to find.

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gateley

(62,683 posts)
2. Nah, I'd be lost without Google. If it irritates me with ads, I'll put up with it for the free
Wed Oct 2, 2013, 06:14 PM
Oct 2013

access to info.

JI7

(89,252 posts)
10. on the top right corner do you have a square image made up of 9 smaller squares ?
Wed Oct 2, 2013, 06:34 PM
Oct 2013

google is switching to a different format.

if you have that and click on it the options for maps and other things will be shown.

JI7

(89,252 posts)
8. and i don't and never have used those things
Wed Oct 2, 2013, 06:32 PM
Oct 2013

my problem is how they try to push and force people to sign up for it and then they make getting rid of it tough to find.

and they do it every few days or weeks.

gejohnston

(17,502 posts)
13. I set up a Facebook to see what the kids
Wed Oct 2, 2013, 06:42 PM
Oct 2013

talked about with their friends, then started reconnecting with people I went to school and grew up with. I know a private investigator that says he lost a lot of background check jobs from employers and prospective in laws because "these 20 somethings just let their dirty laundry out for all to see on Facebook"

ecstatic

(32,707 posts)
14. I don't appreciate the heavy handed approach google is using to
Wed Oct 2, 2013, 06:43 PM
Oct 2013

get you to sign up. Unless I sign up for it, I can no longer review android apps or businesses. Also, many people signed up with youtube, etc. anonymously, and now they want to force everyone to use their full names on every google product.

There's nothing wrong with "real name" social sites like facebook, or linked in, but users knew up front what they were getting into it.

One of these days I'm going to accidentally agree to it because it pops up when you least expect.

 

Egalitarian Thug

(12,448 posts)
15. Hate? No. I just ignore it. There are currently about a thousand people that want to add me to their
Wed Oct 2, 2013, 06:45 PM
Oct 2013

circles ( ) and all the mail about it gets shoved into its own tab so I can delete them 50 at a time.

 

DesMoinesDem

(1,569 posts)
16. Yep. It automatically signed me up once through my email.
Wed Oct 2, 2013, 06:49 PM
Oct 2013

It was a pain to delete and it still changed my email to to somehow be connected to this deleted account. I may end up leaving gmail because of it.

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