Google forces Google+ and Gmail Sign-ups

@dancer-engineer-EJ8rGI • Oct 26, 2024

Oct 26, 2024

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New Google account users are now forced to sign up to both Gmail and Google+ accounts simultaneously.

Read #-Link-Snipped-# .

Is Google being Smart / Pushy? What do you think?

I think that is Smart, but Pushy. I feel it will inflate false G+ accounts.

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K Vikrant

@k-vikrant-7iVOHh • Jan 20, 2012

Every now and then Microsoft tries very hard to eat into Google's search engine market.
Google is now trying to do similar things with Facebook's social networking market.
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Dancer_Engineer

@dancer-engineer-EJ8rGI • Jan 21, 2012

Google is also shutting down most of its services and making others open source.
Google officially announced the shutdown of Picnik in April this year. So more users make use of Google+ Photos. 😁
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K!r@nS!ngu

@kr-at-nsngu-XqzcfU • Jan 21, 2012

Dancer_Engineer
Is Google being Smart / Pushy? What do you think?
That's a foolish step by google. G+ is one of the worst social networking site i've ever used.
After introducing G+, i've observed so many difficulties in using Gmail too.

Dancer_Engineer
So more users make use of Google+ Photos. 😁
Not at all. User's will search for other alternative ways.
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Dancer_Engineer

@dancer-engineer-EJ8rGI • Jan 21, 2012

K!r@nS!ngu
That's a foolish step by google. G+ is one of the worst social networking site i've ever used.
After introducing G+, i've observed so many difficulties in using Gmail too.
What difficulties have you faced in using Gmail? I regularly use G+ and have not faced any difficulty as yet.
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K!r@nS!ngu

@kr-at-nsngu-XqzcfU • Jan 21, 2012

Dancer_Engineer
What difficulties have you faced in using Gmail? I regularly use G+ and have not faced any difficulty as yet.
whenever i am trying access account settings it is re-directing to G+ account.
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K Vikrant

@k-vikrant-7iVOHh • Jan 21, 2012

I prefer using #-Link-Snipped-# settings in GMail . 😉
I am not such a 'dynamic' person you know .

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Dancer_Engineer

@dancer-engineer-EJ8rGI • Jan 21, 2012

K!r@nS!ngu
whenever i am trying access account settings it is re-directing to G+ account.
Ahh, I think I too faced that. But that's not much of an issue.
It redirects to a Settings page, where you can simultaneously access the settings of both G+ and Gmail.
I think Google is trying to bring everything together, or to be precise it is trying to make most of its services available on G+. 😁

K Vikrant
I prefer using #-Link-Snipped-# settings in GMail . 😉
I am not such a 'dynamic' person you know .
So that means you haven't tried the new Gmail? 😛

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K Vikrant

@k-vikrant-7iVOHh • Jan 21, 2012

Dancer_Engineer
So that means you haven't tried the new Gmail? 😛
I have and I found it too feature rich. I don't want chat , buzz , Google plus , tasks , etc on 1 crowded place. The basic HTML interface seems pristine and clutter-free. What's more it loads instantly. No matter how fast broadband you use (in India) ,Gmail standard takes some time to load. Flip side is that basic HTML doesn't auto refresh, but who cares. I don't expect a mail every other minute anyway.
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Anoop Kumar

@anoop-kumar-GDGRCn • Jan 22, 2012

can Any one suggest better than Gmail 😎
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Prasad Ajinkya

@prasad-aSUfhP • Feb 5, 2012

Piggybacking has always been around for quite some time now. The reason why Windows (came bundled with IBM PCs), and why IE (came bundled with Windows) became market leaders early on is precisely because of this reason.

So whats wrong if Google does it. If you do not want to use the service, ok, do not use it. What is to be commended is the engineering behind them, and the awesomeness of a singular Google Account. One id to rule them all!!

For folks who are complaining about G+, don't use them. But I see Google backing up G+ to the hilt, and it aint going anywhere 😀
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