Google+ no longer exists. I only needed the "brand account" to work around a no-longer-extant name restriction caused by Google+, but now Google+ is gone, I'm stuck with it. This "handles" thing, which I don't get why it exists if you can pick your own name now, appears to exclusively exist to promote "Shorts". Like Google+ was an attempt to clone Facebook, "Shorts" are an attempt to clone TikTok.

What happens when Google cancels Shorts? What weird wrinkles will THAT leave behind?