Looking at your subreddit +/- 2 months of the May "all your YouTube are belong to G+" announcement, there doesn't seem to be any screenshot. Can you post a link?
Re:Bradley Horowitz Is Now Running Google+
by dredmorbius on Monday March 02, 2015 @09:25AM
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When my G+ and YouTube accounts were merged I ended up with (or as) the three top stories on HN (I've got a screenshot on Imgur somewhere, linked from my subreddit).
In December Google created a new "myaccounts.google.com" site where it's possible to manage Google accounts, including adding or removing services. While I can remove my YouTube account (there's nothing on it but history), it won't stay removed, thoughct that's in the cards. IOW: Google seem to be taking steps to disaggregate their offerings.
Several of the bigger blunders of G+ have revolved around both identity and bundling / tying. #nymwars, forced calendar integration (look up Robert Scoble's rant), the YouTube Anschluss. This is what Microsoft tried in the 1990s. Eventually people rebelled.
You cannot force someone to like you.
People want convenience, yes. But it doesn't mean it's got to be the same website for all of us -- I'd really like to see federated services solved.