>The problem was the G+ was pitched as a social network. It grew, like a cancer, into some weird meta-project that defies description
Really?
It was a single sign-on system to Google properties, tied to a social networking thing. accounts.google.com came not far after plus.google.com.
Google wanted to avoid becoming MySpace and wanted to mimic Facebook, and miscalculated slightly.
Personally, I really like being able to sign in once to Google properties. I like that YouTube comments now have real names on them. It makes them much less toxic.
How is it that Google+ shut down youtube channels? Changing the display name is all I've seen it do.
If you've made a conscious choice to follow your own path, why is the path you've found so similar to others?
It's hilarious when non-conformists end up conforming even more.