Google aqnd Android have gone mental

[BarkingGhostar]

Lollipop came to my original (1st gen) Nexus 7 yesterday so I let it upgrade to Android 5.0. With it I noticed that I was no longer able to access the Photos (Gallery) app without a) having a Google+ account and b) signing into a Google+ account.

Fuck Google. Fuck Android. Between them and Apple I am starting to believe the least intruding company is M$. With each Android update I find myself feeling less and less private and glad I choose to use it as a disposable item with no feelings toward it if it were to be stolen.

 

[Wingznut]

Use a different app?

 

[cpacini]

Use a different app?

Pretty much this. The gallery and photos apps were redundant anyway. Besides, complaining about needing a Google+ account to use android is like composing about needing to have a Facebook account to use Facebook.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

And here we were listening to non stop bitching about how having two photo apps was stupid.

I am starting to believe the least intruding company is M$.

Why. This makes no sense at all.

 

[cronos]

I think you got it all wrong. "Photos" is "Gallery" for Google+. If you don't have (and don't want) Google+, then you don't need "Photos".

 

[Red Storm]

Tell us how you really feel OP.

I too hated it when I had to create a Dropbox account to use Dropbox, or a Netflix account to use Netflix, or a Google Account to use Gmail. After an uncontrollable fit of rage I did realize that I was free to use other apps/services that did not share this unreasonable requirement...

 

[kpkp]

if you started with:
My name is Red Storm and I am a rageaholic.

I would die.

 

[Graze]

Lollipop came to my original (1st gen) Nexus 7 yesterday so I let it upgrade to Android 5.0. With it I noticed that I was no longer able to access the Photos (Gallery) app without a) having a Google+ account and b) signing into a Google+ account.

Fuck Google. Fuck Android. Between them and Apple I am starting to believe the least intruding company is M$. With each Android update I find myself feeling less and less private and glad I choose to use it as a disposable item with no feelings toward it if it were to be stolen.

I dont know what the hell you are talking about but on the Nexus 5 that I have in hand I dont need to sign into anything or have a google account.
It only asks me to sign in when I first open the app but then I clicked "No thanks" and thats it


Now go sit in a corner and wear your tinfoil hat while crying to yourself

 

[lopri]

Pretty much this. The gallery and photos apps were redundant anyway. Besides, complaining about needing a Google+ account to use android is like composing about needing to have a Facebook account to use Facebook.

Do you really believe this analogy makes sense?

Edit: It looks like the OP had a misunderstanding and (almost) everyone is jumping on a chance to bully. I don't know what drives that urge.

 

[poofyhairguy]

I think OP is the only person that complained his two year old Android device was eligible for an upgrade. He is bitching about one minor update, while we are all amazed that device wasn't dumped.

 

[Graze]

Edit: It looks like the OP had a misunderstanding and (almost) everyone is jumping on a chance to bully. I don't know what drives that urge.

Did you read the same nonsensical post I did and you still don't see what drove that urge?

If he came in here with a question or was even upset that he thought that you needed a Google+ account to use the Photo app(which you dont) then it would have been fine.
He came in here totally misinformed and ranted.

 

[Eug]

Pretty much this. The gallery and photos apps were redundant anyway. Besides, complaining about needing a Google+ account to use android is like composing about needing to have a Facebook account to use Facebook.

Uh, what?

I never use Google+, but use Android daily.

 

[cpacini]

Uh, what?

I never use Google+, but use Android daily.

Yeah I really meant to say " Google apps" rather than android specifically. The point still being though that registering for a Google account is not that big of a deal.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Lollipop came to my original (1st gen) Nexus 7 yesterday so I let it upgrade to Android 5.0. With it I noticed that I was no longer able to access the Photos (Gallery) app without a) having a Google+ account and b) signing into a Google+ account.

Fuck Google. Fuck Android. Between them and Apple I am starting to believe the least intruding company is M$. With each Android update I find myself feeling less and less private and glad I choose to use it as a disposable item with no feelings toward it if it were to be stolen.

So you can't even look at your photo gallery without having a Google + account?

I have an old Bionic with Android 4.1.2

 

[shortylickens]

I think you got it all wrong. "Photos" is "Gallery" for Google+. If you don't have (and don't want) Google+, then you don't need "Photos".

Then why dont they call it google plus photos so I know what the GOD DAMN CRAP THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT!!!!!???????????????

 

[poofyhairguy]

If he came in here with a question or was even upset that he thought that you needed a Google+ account to use the Photo app(which you dont) then it would have been fine.
He came in here totally misinformed and ranted.

Even worse than that, he bitched about his device getting an update when quite simply the fact that his tablet ISN'T an obsolete piece of tech is a Christmas Miracle. I mean, there are many people who bought Android devices back in 2012 who wish they could get Lollipop and the Nexus 7 and 4 might be the only ones.

I guess to me its like someone complains about the president when their state has a budget shortfall. Or you give a homeless person a free meal and he complains that it is too hot.

Is there a valid complaint in there? Yes, yes there is. Google has been pushing for Google Plus integration all over, and it has the effect of pushing a service few people want. But OP didn't opine in such a eloquent way, instead he stuck on a tin foil hat and started making completely invalid claims.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Are you guys saying there is no more default photo gallery and any photo taken with any android device will be in the Google + photo gallery associated with the account?

 

[poofyhairguy]

Are you guys saying there is no more default photo gallery and any photo taken with any android device will be in the Google + photo gallery associated with the account?

Yeah, that app got depreciated. But get it back here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.radcam.gallery&hl=en

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Yeah, that app got depreciated. But get it back here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.radcam.gallery&hl=en

I've been missing out on alot with my Bionic, lol

 

[cronos]

Then why dont they call it google plus photos so I know what the GOD DAMN CRAP THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT!!!!!???????????????

Yeah, I'm going to give you that. They could easily call it exactly what it is, but decided not to. The first time I saw this app (after the KitKat update, I think) I was wondering what this 'Photos' app is, but then as soon as I clicked on it I immediately realized that it's Google Plus Photos.

 

[vshah]

Are you guys saying there is no more default photo gallery and any photo taken with any android device will be in the Google + photo gallery associated with the account?

absolutely not, uploading to g+ is opt-in.

 

[Megatomic]

The Cyanogen Gallery app is very nice, I'd use that as a substitute.

 

[cronos]

Is there a valid complaint in there? Yes, yes there is. Google has been pushing for Google Plus integration all over, and it has the effect of pushing a service few people want.

I don't think this has been true for a while, too. Google used to push G+ integration all over their services, but has been decoupling more and more services from it in the past few months, after Vic Gundotra left.

 

[poofyhairguy]

I don't think this has been true for a while, too. Google used to push G+ integration all over their services, but has been decoupling more and more services from it in the past few months, after Vic Gundotra left.

Good point.

 

[Sid59]

i read somewhere, Google is going to decouple Photos from G+ but who knows how long that's gonna take.

Another Gallery replacement is QuickPic. Like Gallery but better

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alensw.PicFolder&hl=en