The news from Mountain View is that Google+ will no longer be the required method for logging in to Google services. This means that you'll no longer need to create a public G+ profile to access YouTube, Gmail, or Photos. The social media side of it isn't going away just yet, but how long will it really stick around once it's no longer mandatory?
In this short video, our experts either lament or dance on the grave of Google+.
What about you, readers? Are you going to miss Google+, or is this a change for the better? Tell us all about it in the comments below!
There's actually several features that make it superior.
The problem is not enough people go there, so nobody goes there.
I'm glad that they no longer FORCE people to sign up though.
That's going to be covered by the "Photos" app, now (which is, essentially, the awesome photo upload part of G+, broken out of G+ into its own app!
Google is removing all the good stuff from G+.