I've become a little adverse to Google ever since it's tried to steal and sell my data at every possible opportunity.
The 'you have to have a Google+ account to rate products on the Play Store' and 'you have to have a Google+ account to comment on YouTube' attitude broke the camel's back as far as I'm concerned. But I'm interested in non-Google alternatives.
( .Yeti., Tue 17 Mar 2015, 12:30, 1 reply, 10 years ago)

I never had any interest in doing either of those things so the whole google+ account wasn't a problem.
The amount of data google keep on people is scary, but they're one of the few that seem to be able not to get it stolen, or sell it in a way that makes you identifiable.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Tue 17 Mar 2015, 12:34, Reply)

You may well be right,
but there's something about them trying to get their hands on that sheer volume of personal data that makes them intrinsically untrustworthy in my book.
( .Yeti., Tue 17 Mar 2015, 12:35, Reply)

I'm sure they have no interest in the minutiae of your dull life

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Mar 2015, 12:37, Reply)

I try to live as dull a life as possible in order to render myself less marketable.
Doesn't seem to be making much of a difference though.
( .Yeti., Tue 17 Mar 2015, 12:42, Reply)

^gets targeted ads for warhammer

( Slippery Mick ‏, Tue 17 Mar 2015, 12:46, Reply)

war ban
( .Yeti., Tue 17 Mar 2015, 12:54, Reply)

That's because if they lose it they can no longer exclusively "monetise" it by selling it to advertisers

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 17 Mar 2015, 12:36, Reply)