Ugh. This is horrible news. The internet splinters further... -_-
I swear that 2011 will be remembered as the year of Social Internet Fail and I suspect that absolutely nothing good will be said about Google's involvement in the Fail.
Google really does not have social computing in their corporate DNA. I don't think they ever will. They makes much of their money by selling advertising and, in that sense, we are the product, not the user.
As Google+ and its insidious policies threaten to worm their way into every other Google product, I want out. The Google+ fiasco earlier this summer was the final straw for me. Yet, it will take months to untangle my personal accounts, work accounts, and paid services (mostly but not entirely) out of Google's grip. I've started migrating to zoho.com because their business model really is all about providing online email and office programs---that's how they appear to make their money. But I still use gmail for all but one of my personal and work email accounts.
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I swear that 2011 will be remembered as the year of Social Internet Fail and I suspect that absolutely nothing good will be said about Google's involvement in the Fail.
Google really does not have social computing in their corporate DNA. I don't think they ever will. They makes much of their money by selling advertising and, in that sense, we are the product, not the user.
As Google+ and its insidious policies threaten to worm their way into every other Google product, I want out. The Google+ fiasco earlier this summer was the final straw for me. Yet, it will take months to untangle my personal accounts, work accounts, and paid services (mostly but not entirely) out of Google's grip. I've started migrating to zoho.com because their business model really is all about providing online email and office programs---that's how they appear to make their money. But I still use gmail for all but one of my personal and work email accounts.