<story><title>Opt out of Google using you as an ad</title><url>https://plus.google.com/u/0/settings/endorsements</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>redbulls</author><text>I honestly don&amp;#x27;t understand whats wrong with this.  It just seems like the natural progression of the services that Google already provides.  If my friend searches for a new phone, they should see my public reviews of the phones.  Friends reviews should be made front and center because reviews from people we know are always more valuable. The way the page reads, it seems they will only use your reviews in ads for friends, I think that&amp;#x27;s fair, but if they use it for strangers too then I&amp;#x27;ll probably opt out.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jfb</author><text>Me neither. It seems perfectly consonant with Google&amp;#x27;s entire MO, and not in any way out of line with the implicit or explicit usage agreement that people have with them. Perhaps the culture of G+ is such that this is unexpected, or perhaps it&amp;#x27;s just HN echo chamber bleating? I&amp;#x27;m not a Google user, so I wouldn&amp;#x27;t presume to say.</text></comment>
<story><title>Opt out of Google using you as an ad</title><url>https://plus.google.com/u/0/settings/endorsements</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>redbulls</author><text>I honestly don&amp;#x27;t understand whats wrong with this.  It just seems like the natural progression of the services that Google already provides.  If my friend searches for a new phone, they should see my public reviews of the phones.  Friends reviews should be made front and center because reviews from people we know are always more valuable. The way the page reads, it seems they will only use your reviews in ads for friends, I think that&amp;#x27;s fair, but if they use it for strangers too then I&amp;#x27;ll probably opt out.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>patrickaljord</author><text>Nice to see some common sense on the subject here. Totally agree. This is a nice feature. I like seeing my friends reviews of Android and Chrome app I download. I would like to have the same feature for ads. This is great.</text></comment>