luke198824
Newbie
Douse anyone know why Google stopped Google+ as I enjoyed using it a lot?
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Why did Google stop Google+?
- Thread starter luke198824
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cuz nobody used it. i started to use it then kind of drifted off. at the time i was a heavy user of facebook and instagram. now not so much in facebook and only sometimes am i on instagram or twitter.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/2/18290637/google-plus-shutdown-consumer-personal-account-delete
https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/2/18290637/google-plus-shutdown-consumer-personal-account-delete
Presumably the same reason they stopped Reader. And Inbox. And any number of other services which were embraced by a highly vocal and passionate userbase and were unceremoniously shut down.
Because Google is fickle.
Because Google is fickle.
GameTheory
Android Expert
Meh, G+ wasn't embraced by the masses and near its end a data breach was discovered, so it was easier to just get rid of it.
A few liked it a lot. Most never used it.
I think the bottom line was that it wasn't scraping enough extra information about Google account holders to be worth the effort.
I think the bottom line was that it wasn't scraping enough extra information about Google account holders to be worth the effort.
luke198824
Newbie
Google+ is still for workers and other company's but not the customers like us and I don't know why Google has it still going for the workers and others company's but not customers.
There was very little take up and some reputational risk (though they'd already announced that they were closing it when the data leak mentioned above happened - that may have accelerated it though).
Anyway it's gone. Google do this to a lot of products. It's really not worth getting too invested in any new thing they introduce.
Anyway it's gone. Google do this to a lot of products. It's really not worth getting too invested in any new thing they introduce.
Daniel Fernandes
Android Enthusiast
tbh, Inbox was really good. I wouldn't mind if they killed the old Gmail client and kept Inbox...
Agreed. When they inevitably launch their next great social networking service I will not be getting nearly as invested as I did in Google+. It was naive of me to put so much into a free Google service and losing it really burned me.
I forgot about that and really liked it! They should have kept it. I use Feedly now but just liked Reader. Le sigh
MrJavi
Android Expert
I think it wasn't making enough money compared to Facebook. What good is making a few 100's of millions of dollars while Facebook is pulling in billions a year?
I swear that 1st million a week makes anyone crazy greedy.
MrJavi
Android Expert
Call me cheap but I'd gladly take just one of those millions.
Yes , You make a good point.
Milo Willamson
Android Expert
In the Oatmeal comics, I read about the evolution of G+ over fb, I was really heavy for it to talk with mostly my sister on and off, and my other friends,
have online too, but as time changes, I can still share my photos with her though any time, I really feel like it though. ontop of the fatal tasks of chatting, it just got so weird not able to edit like on forums, because sometimes you have to fib.
have online too, but as time changes, I can still share my photos with her though any time, I really feel like it though. ontop of the fatal tasks of chatting, it just got so weird not able to edit like on forums, because sometimes you have to fib.
Milo Williamson
Extreme Android User
Milo WillamsonAndroid Expert
In the Oatmeal comics, I read about the evolution of G+ over fb, I was really heavy for it to talk with mostly my sister on and off, and my other friends,
have online too, but as time changes, I can still share my photos with her though any time, I really feel like it though. ontop of the fatal tasks of chatting, it just got so weird not able to edit like on forums, because sometimes you have to fib.
What I said.
In the Oatmeal comics, I read about the evolution of G+ over fb, I was really heavy for it to talk with mostly my sister on and off, and my other friends,
have online too, but as time changes, I can still share my photos with her though any time, I really feel like it though. ontop of the fatal tasks of chatting, it just got so weird not able to edit like on forums, because sometimes you have to fib.
What I said.
^^^What he said.^^^.