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Google+ is one of those services that saw the infamous Google graveyard three years ago. But unknown to many, only the social network aspect for general consumers was closed. Google kept an enterprise version for businesses to communicate with employees in a stream-like manner, calling it Currents. Now though, Google is shutting down Currents due to low usage and replacing it with Spaces (does anyone still have any idea which service is which at this point?).
So, remember that big $12 you were expecting from the Google+ class action suit? Well, about that...
Hope you saved room for taco — that one, singular taco you can now afford
It might feel like Google+ has been dead for half a decade, but actually, it only shut down back in 2019 in response to several privacy-related issues and bugs. A class-action lawsuit filed by affected users followed shortly after that, and last summer, we finally started to hear about a settlement. While the payout number previously floated sounded small, the new amount makes the old one look like a jackpot.
Google+, now dead for years, is somehow still lingering around Google's Phone app
It's been over 2 years since Google+ shut down for personal accounts
If you've been on the internet for a while, you probably know about Google+ — Google's failed attempt at creating a social network. While the network closed shop for personal accounts in 2019, its remnants still live and break functionality in the Google Phone app for Android.
Google+ users may be entitled to a whopping $12 cash settlement due to privacy issues
The company reached a $7.5 million settlement for the class-action lawsuit earlier this year
Remember Google+? Google's failed social network shut down in 2019 amidst the discovery of multiple privacy-related issues. A class-action lawsuit was filed at the time, and now it looks like that's coming to fruition. Some former members of the service have received an email inviting them to file a claim for a payout of up to — wait for it — $12.
Back in October, Google announced that it would shut down its Google+ social network, following the discovery of an API bug that could have led to user data being stolen. Even though there was no evidence that anyone took advantage of the API bug, Google decided it would be as good a time as ever to shut down the mostly-dead social network. Google+ was originally scheduled to shut down completely in August 2019, but now the timetable has moved up.