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The problem is we went from Picasa -> Google+ Photos -> +Google Photos?

Why does google keep on throwing out branding, spinning down a project, only to spin up another one that does the same thing? Why didn't they go back to the Picasa namesake, with all the branding it has?

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Apparently "+Google Photos" is just the nickname of the "Google Photos" account on "Google+". The name of the service is "Google Photos", not "+Google Photos".

Next year it is Alphabet photos.

or just Photos+ or I dunno

+Photos you mean

2016 - Alphabet Photos

2018(jan-aug) - ABC Photos

2018 - ABC DOREMI

2019(jan-feb) - ADORE ME Photos

2019 - Adore.me

2021 - Adore.me & Analphebet.photos

2022 - Analphablet.photos ?

Yes, "+" is the Google Plus equivalent to Twitter's "@". So "+Google Photos" is analogous to "@GooglePhotos" on Twitter.

On the other hand "+" is not happening, please stop.

Wonky and confusing as fuck.

Yea, that confused the hell out of me.

edit: To me, the problem is that they're using `Google+` as branding, and `+` as an identifier like `@`.

> Goodbye Twitter@ Photos, Hello @Twitter Photos

Would be equally weird, imo. (Albeit, less weird because we're used to @foo and #foo)

It's the same mistake Microsoft made over and over and over again in their lost days from ~2000 to ~2010. It always seems to indicate lack of focus, weak leadership and a surplus of resources.

MSN, Bing, Live, MSN Messenger, Windows Messenger, IE, Edge, WinFX, .Net, Groove, Windows Phone, Windows Mobile, etc. There are a bunch of other examples.

Right. This is what you get if you search Google for Hotmail (as millions of people do): http://imgur.com/CJpskkz

Is that Hotmail, Live.com, Outlook.com, or Microsoft?

And those are just the short names...

Don't forget Windows Phone 7 Series and beasts like Microsoft® WinFX™ Software Development Kit for Microsoft® Pre-Release Windows Operating System Code-Named "Longhorn", Beta 1 Web Setup.

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