Comment by wslh

It seems you missed many past news like:

- http://techland.time.com/2012/01/20/want-a-google-account-no...

- https://marco.org/2013/01/03/no-avoiding-googleplus (the WSJ later changed that page)

- http://www.cnet.com/news/getting-gmail-now-you-get-google-to...