Is "security" your first priority, or is adding features your first priority? How about uptime? How about profitability?
Only one of those can be your first priority, so which is it?
I think Google+ is also one of their first priorities.
Only one of those can be your first priority, so which is it?
I think Google+ is also one of their first priorities.
Security, uptime and profitability are all table stakes. Not priorities.
Google+ just went from table stakes to priority #2.
Google didn't know who you were, who you followed, who you shared with, and so Google+ looked a lot like a product to you.
No silo of Google gets to choose whether to be secure or not or what level of scalability or whether they'll decide to be profitable or not.
Not all products that a company offers need social integration.
If they're smart, it's not. The aggregate value Google+ provides is negligable compared to their other services.
I also upload videos, create documents, write blog posts, etc.
If I couldn't chose who I share those things with, I wouldn't be using those things.
The value G+ adds... makes those other services usable.
For you. The aggregate value Google+ provides is negligable compared to their other services, such as search, maps, email, YouTube, Chrome or Android.
In Maps, I see reviews of places written by my friends.
I rarely share YouTube videos publicly. Most of my videos are shared privately with Circles.
Google Play shows me reviews for Aps from people I've Circled. That affects my Android use.
For example, I'd say that I use G+ more than 95% Google users and I wouldn't mind much if it disappeared.
FWIW.