[grbalaffa]

Good luck with "avoiding" it. It's getting harder and harder to use Google without using Google+ (clearly intentional), and it's nearly equally hard to use the internet without using Google.

[cliffu]

What do I need Google for? DDG works ok for discovery, subreddits and HN aggregate news, and SO handles all of my programming questions.

[a3n]

Just don't log in when you search.

Oh, email? There's lots of other providers.

It's not hard at all.

[conradfr]

It's quite infuriating with Google Apps accounts that my company just transitioned to.

It also de facto makes you constantly switching between accounts, which tends to be annoying.

[ape4]

Yes, this bugs me. You Tube comments will be G+ if they aren't already.