Can I easily delete my Google+ account w/o hampering my Gmail/calendar/etc? I made it once but I see only drawbacks in having it.
I'm already fed up with the repeated requests to merge my Youtube 'channel' (wtf? I don't have or want a channel, I've made <10 comments on youtube and that's it) with my Google+ pic/name, and I definitely don't ever want to do that - but there's a risk that at some time I'll accidentally misclick one of their prompts.
[edit] For example, I'm worried about their warning on Google+ deletion page 'You won't be able to use the "Sign in with Google" button to log in to third-party apps.', since I have used google-signin in some apps (IIRC that was even before google+ was a thing), and that would mean these apps becoming inaccessible.
This a million times. I feel like I've been trying desperately hard to NOT let me youtube account 'merge' with a new 'channel' or with my main Google account. NO. NO. NO. I don't want to use my real name. I don't want a google+ account for my youtube name. I don't even want a channel. I just want to watch videos, and maybe [pseudo-]anonymously comment once in a blue moon. Am I really a minority user?
I've deleted my G+ account without it affecting anything that I've noticed, but it may vary based on what Google things you use. I still use Gmail, certainly, and deleting G+ didn't affect that.
I agree with you that the increasing G+ integration into YouTube has been pretty annoying. I also gave up a while ago on writing anonymous reviews on Google without having to create a fake account (not saying it's not possible, but I couldn't figure it out and just gave up).
I'm already fed up with the repeated requests to merge my Youtube 'channel' (wtf? I don't have or want a channel, I've made <10 comments on youtube and that's it) with my Google+ pic/name, and I definitely don't ever want to do that - but there's a risk that at some time I'll accidentally misclick one of their prompts.
[edit] For example, I'm worried about their warning on Google+ deletion page 'You won't be able to use the "Sign in with Google" button to log in to third-party apps.', since I have used google-signin in some apps (IIRC that was even before google+ was a thing), and that would mean these apps becoming inaccessible.