An open letter to Google: Unplug Google Plus from the Play App Store

I don't see how Google is losing with this. I doubt the store reviews matter to them. For example would it bother them if an app gets 50 reviews instead of 500? I wonder if this will make any difference to final review scores which is the real test.<p>There is a trend in many places to remove anonymity such as when commenting. Note how many places do not allow anonymous comments any more. Heck some only let you comment with an (allegedly) strong identity such as Facebook.<p>Google is always going to do what is in Google's interest - we really don't matter to them.

this is the worst article i've ever read on this blog

Good read, but it's going to take more than a rant to turn that behemoth of a mess around.

"EPIC FAIL ... epic fail ... Epic Fail Whale"

It’s kinda silly asking them not to use their identity system that was meant precisely for this sort of thing. A user doesn't have to “use” g+ to have a g+ account, and the review process is straightforward when you already have a profile set up on the account you're using to access the Play store with. Perhaps some refinements are in order but as mentioned it doesn't seem to be fully rolled out yet.<p>And reviews have somewhat more authoritative looking profiles behind them now, for example: <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.etsy.android" rel="nofollow">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.etsy.andro...</a><p>Also I'm not sure that the boilerplate G+ bashing is necessary.

I came across a malicious android app, i wanted to leave a review and point out what's wrong. google wanted me to have a g+ account. I refused, even tho I'm using a dummy account.