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Google have never properly supported federated login. You should be able to login to Google services with an external account and not need to sign up with Google at all. Their Authentication and Authorization APIs have always been about pushing Google Services.

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That is right. But till now, I could use a simple Google acount (not G+) to login for example at Stackoverflow.com.

In future the button will change from "G"-Login to "G+"-Login. As somebody else stated, Google said, that a normal Google account will suffice in the future, but alone the wording and the new button will alienate people.

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