comment by lessismore

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lessismore · 4656 days ago · link · · parent · post: Google+ users spend increasingly less time on site

G+ is a lot like Internet Explorer and Google is a lot like Microsoft. It is basically leveraging its dominance in search to force G+ on everyone like Microsoft did with the desktop OS dominace and IE.

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dublinben · 4656 days ago · link ·

I don't think anybody is being forced to use plus. If these numbers are accurate, plenty of people have no trouble ignoring it. Those of us who do use it, enjoy it much more than any alternative.

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lessismore · 4656 days ago · link ·

Have you tried signing up for a Google account recently?

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dublinben · 4656 days ago · link ·

Can't say I have. I've had all of my various accounts and alternate accounts for years now. I didn't know that people still signed up for Google accounts.

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lessismore · 4656 days ago · link ·

People who sign up for accounts with Google are now pretty much forced into G+. I read that there might be a way to sign up without doing so, but it is not the default and not widely published.