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Google is amazing but in the same token my grandma and my mom were using Google+ Photos. Imagine trying to explain to non-technical folks in their 60s and 90s what all of this means.

You can bet I'm gonna think twice about recommending any Google product to my family just because of the time sink in doing support.

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Doesn't this just mean that you need to click a different button to access the photos? There's a hierarchical change to make Photos a top-level product, and the product itself has had a facelift.

It's even the same button. The old photos launcher opened the photos page of G+, the new launcher opens a separate app.

> Imagine trying to explain to non-technical folks in their 60s and 90s what all of this means.

From what I've read around here, there's little to explain that matters basically, it's just a different URL, and a facelift. The fact that it's a different product is probably irrelevant to them, and not-knowing would be less confusing.

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