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0 pointsdragonwriter7y ago0 comments

> Google didn't shut down Google+ to preserve user privacy

They accelerated the planned shutdown for exactly that reason.

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rohan10247y ago· 2 in thread

They did that because cost of maintaining platform was higher than its ROI. If Google+ had like 300M-400M monthly active users I don't think they would have shut down Google+

digianarchist7y ago

The ROI on Google+ has been negative since before it launched.

aylmao7y ago

Investments tend to take a while to return-- this one didn't pay off though.

lucb1e7y ago

They claim that, though, and that's the joke GGP was making.

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