I feel like there are many Google supporters here but to be honest Google is steering to a bad direction if you are like me about efficiency and relevancy.
What makes me mad is that we don't have the choice. I don't want all the social bullshit, the +1, why would I even give a crap about that? I don't want to have everything interconnected, I hate the fact that now if I logged in to Gmail I am logged into Youtube.
I don't buy Apple to avoid fully integrated systems, I will not use Google in the future.
It makes me think about CNN who believes they are more relevant when they are reading what shit people say on Twitter "Ze pope is dead LOL". Yeah right, great piece of info here.
But hey, if people like it, they are welcome to it, I just hope there will be good alternatives in the future.
Au contraire I don't have any anger. If their choice is to sacrifice relevancy for their other social services or they social bullshit, it is fine with me, I am not a fan of Google brand, just a user and I will take my business elsewhere.
To tell you where the problems come from in my opinion:
_ Everything is opt-out, not opt-in. After I realize than I am very pro-choice in term of user experience.
_ The +1 thingy is very tricky, if you click the wrong button and don't read well, that's it you're on +1. And once you're on it, no way to get out
_ Relevancy is killed by the influence of +1. Look at this talk if you have the time: http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bu... . Since it is an opt out 99% of the user won't do it and in the long term it will probably have a bad influence on how people receive and perceive information.
I think my reasons to leave are relevant and not based on rage but a cold appreciation of the future of Google.
> in the long term it will probably have a bad influence on how people receive and perceive information.
I would expect people doing web ranking in a search engine company to be aware of the "online filter bubble" phenomena. So in the longer term I hope it would be a signal used in ranking among many other (and see no reason why it couldn't be that way).
What makes me mad is that we don't have the choice. I don't want all the social bullshit, the +1, why would I even give a crap about that? I don't want to have everything interconnected, I hate the fact that now if I logged in to Gmail I am logged into Youtube. I don't buy Apple to avoid fully integrated systems, I will not use Google in the future.
It makes me think about CNN who believes they are more relevant when they are reading what shit people say on Twitter "Ze pope is dead LOL". Yeah right, great piece of info here.
But hey, if people like it, they are welcome to it, I just hope there will be good alternatives in the future.