Google Play from Windows or Android (versus Gmail)

harry newton wrote:

On Sun, 28 May 2017 01:08:59 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:

G+ has other utilities.

Putting all the responses together, does that mean there are TWO kinds of
Google "accounts"?

Google Plus (the facebook-like thing)
and
Google account (includes Google Play, Youtube, Google Drive & Gmail)

Is that accurate?
If not, what needs to be fixed?

No, as mentioned you get one Google account. It's your choice whether
or not to subscribe (join) the Google+ service feature.

On Sat, 27 May 2017 20:35:29 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

No, as mentioned you get one Google account. It's your choice whether
or not to subscribe (join) the Google+ service feature.

Is this accurate yet?

You get one "google account", which always includes Google Play, YouTube,
Google Drive and Gmail (whether or not you choose to use them), and which
you can also choose to add Google Plus.

Dne 27/05/2017 v 23:40 Whiskers napsal(a):
On 2017-05-27, Poutnik wrote:

As Youtube is owned by Google, they involved option
to use Google account even for Youtube.

Similarly options or intentions are
for Facebook with WhatsApp, or Microsoft with Skype.

I think your Google account will have to have at least one (Android)
'Device' registered with it before you can download any apps, either to
your Android device or to a web browser on some other operating system.

I do not say otherwise.
You register the device for the Google account.

What of your accounts it is,
and if you use it for anything else,

is on you.

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as they say about him more,
than he says about the subject.

On Sun, 28 May 2017 02:13:47 +0000 (UTC), harry newton wrote:

You get one "google account",

You can get a "google account" as many times as you like. For example, I
have at least two (for two distinct gmail addresses), a third for YouTube,
and yet another one to be able to access the Play Store.

But Google Plus? Google Drive? -- Nein, danke :-) .

Cheers, -- tlvp
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On Sat, 27 May 2017 20:35:29 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

No, as mentioned you get one Google account. It's your choice whether
or not to subscribe (join) the Google+ service feature.

I registered for Gmail and got the whole package, even Google+, which I
did not wanted. Anyway, that's how I remember it...

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On 05/28/2017 12:37 AM, tlvp wrote:
On Sun, 28 May 2017 02:13:47 +0000 (UTC), harry newton wrote:

You get one "google account",

You can get a "google account" as many times as you like. For example, I
have at least two (for two distinct gmail addresses), a third for YouTube,
and yet another one to be able to access the Play Store.

Similarly, but you have to keep logging in and out when you switch
between accounts which is a monumental nuisance.

But Google Plus? Google Drive? -- Nein, danke :-) .

I set up google plus in order to use hangouts' phone via wifi, which
I've only used to test. My communication needs are minimal :-)

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In article , The Real Bev
wrote:


You can get a "google account" as many times as you like. For example, I
have at least two (for two distinct gmail addresses), a third for YouTube,
and yet another one to be able to access the Play Store.

Similarly, but you have to keep logging in and out when you switch
between accounts which is a monumental nuisance.

nonsense. in fact, google makes it easy.

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1721977
If you have more than one Google Account, you can sign in to multiple
accounts at once. That way, you can switch between accounts without
signing out and back in again.

But Google Plus? Google Drive? -- Nein, danke :-) .

I set up google plus in order to use hangouts' phone via wifi, which
I've only used to test. My communication needs are minimal :-)

so is your understanding on how it works.

On 5/27/2017 6:35 PM, VanguardLH wrote:

No, as mentioned you get one Google account. It's your choice whether
or not to subscribe (join) the Google+ service feature.

If you're a Google employee you're required to use Google+ as this image
shows:
http://apt46.net/wp-content/upload/social_media_explained_donuts-510x701.png

On 2017-05-28 09:37, tlvp wrote:
On Sun, 28 May 2017 02:13:47 +0000 (UTC), harry newton wrote:

You get one "google account",

You can get a "google account" as many times as you like. For example, I
have at least two (for two distinct gmail addresses), a third for YouTube,
and yet another one to be able to access the Play Store.

But Google Plus? Google Drive? -- Nein, danke :-) .

I have photos that I want to share with friends, and they do not want
them to be emailed and use disk space. Sharing privately with G+ is just
the thing.

I'm not using the social network features of G+ and it doesn't bother one.


--
Cheers, Carlos.

tlvp wrote:
[...]
But Google Plus? Google Drive? -- Nein, danke :-) .

Agreed on Google Plus.

On Google Drive - or any cloud storage service for that matter -, I
hadn't any use for that for a long time, but now I have it as an offsite
storage area for the incremental backups between two full backups on
swapped offsite harddisks.

So if something happens to my local system *and* my local backup -
i.e. theft, fire, etc, -, I'm covered by the full backup on my offsite
harddisk and the incrementals on Google Drive.

BTW, I somewhat pity Google's harvesting agents trying to break the
encryption of my files on my Google Drive! :-)

So for me it's -- Ja gerne, aber ich bin kein Verückter! :-)

In article , Carlos E.R.
wrote:

You get one "google account",

You can get a "google account" as many times as you like. For example, I
have at least two (for two distinct gmail addresses), a third for YouTube,
and yet another one to be able to access the Play Store.

But Google Plus? Google Drive? -- Nein, danke :-) .

I have photos that I want to share with friends, and they do not want
them to be emailed and use disk space. Sharing privately with G+ is just
the thing.

there are plenty of image upload services, such as http://imgur.com,
without requiring an account.

On Sun, 28 May 2017 09:40:39 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:

you have to keep logging in and out when you switch
between accounts which is a monumental nuisance.

Whenever I check email *anywhere* I have to log in to that account, and
once I'm done checking that email I log out, for security's sake. Nuisance?
Hardly. Monumental nuisance? Not at all. Half-a-dozen email accounts,
half-a-dozen loggings in, and reading/writings, and loggings out, NBD.

What is it exactly that *you* find to be such "a monumental nuisance"?

Cheers, -- tlvp
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In article , tlvp
wrote:


you have to keep logging in and out when you switch
between accounts which is a monumental nuisance.

Whenever I check email *anywhere* I have to log in to that account, and
once I'm done checking that email I log out, for security's sake. Nuisance?
Hardly. Monumental nuisance? Not at all. Half-a-dozen email accounts,
half-a-dozen loggings in, and reading/writings, and loggings out, NBD.

you do that at home? on a computer that nobody else has access to? and
your email client doesn't save your login credentials?

On Sun, 28 May 2017 21:16:47 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:

But Google Plus? Google Drive? -- Nein, danke :-) .

I have photos that I want to share with friends, and they do not want
them to be emailed and use disk space. Sharing privately with G+ is just
the thing.

Fine. I say "Nein, danke," you say "Vielen dank" (or 'Muchas gracias"). No
skin off my nose, you're free to do as best suits you :-) . Cheers, -- tlvp
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On 28 May 2017 20:01:56 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:

tlvp wrote:
[...]
But Google Plus? Google Drive? -- Nein, danke :-) .

Agreed on Google Plus.

On Google Drive - or any cloud storage service for that matter -, I
hadn't any use for that for a long time, but now I have it as an offsite
storage area for the incremental backups between two full backups on
swapped offsite harddisks.

So if something happens to my local system *and* my local backup -
i.e. theft, fire, etc, -, I'm covered by the full backup on my offsite
harddisk and the incrementals on Google Drive.

BTW, I somewhat pity Google's harvesting agents trying to break the
encryption of my files on my Google Drive! :-)

So for me it's -- Ja gerne, aber ich bin kein Verückter! :-)

Good you can take advantage of it. Here my internet access is so slow (you
don't want to know :-) ) I'd be the better part of a week getting my first
base upload completed. Cheers, -- tlvp
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