"G+ was build [sic] primarily as an identity service, so fundamentally, it depends on people using their real names if they’re going to build future products that leverage that information."

This statement alone gives one pause to the point that I have been re-evaluating my opinion of Google, Inc.   First off I must give Google its due, at least they are transparent on their product and what and who it was developed for, unlike other so called Social Networks.  Google is a corporation and I think many of its users have overlooked this fact in our trust of a company whose motto is: 'Do No Evil'.  As a company Google will do what's in Google best interest and come push to shove, its customers (us) will always take a back seat.

Maybe Google's motto should be: 'Do No Evil To Google' or Do No Evil To Google's Bottom Line'.  Personally I find Google Plus a great service and now that I know that it was built as an Identity Service to capture my information and usage statistics to develop and market other services I will use it accordingly.  Maybe we have been naive to think all of these services that Google has rolled out are really FREE.  Nothing is Free, and everything has a cost to it, in the case of Google the cost is our information, all of our information.

All of this information, has caused me to re-evaluate on how dependent I have become on Google's services.  I would be the first to admit I am a Technology Junkie, so one would think that I would have been more aware as I have gone down the Google Rabbit Hole over the past years.  I decided to look at all of the services I use and see how I can diversify.  I have included a poll below; what Google service could you not do without in your Digital Life?

So, will I be much more aware of which Google Services I use in the future?  Of course I will, at least until the next cool service comes along :).