The complaint seems backwards: the actual inconvenience the the author is posting about is a direct result of the fact that Google <i>isn't</i> forcing users into Google+, but instead making it an aggressively promoted opt-in option for users of many of its existing services, providing a list of the benefits and a chance to opt-in when an existing service which it can enhance is used.<p>If it was actually <i>forced</i>, this would not occur.