[higherpurpose]

Honestly, the whole account "integration" just pisses me off. I want my Gmail account to be separated from my Youtube account and from the Maps account.

The main reason (by far) Google unified them is so they they can more easily track everyone across multiple properties.

[wstrange]

That is an understandable choice, which Google should respect and enable.

For many others (self included), the account integration is a killer feature.