For me G+ wasn't so bad, it was kinda like Hacker news is to Reddit in my social world. But the mobile app has some serious battery drain so I couldn't keep it on my phone. A few times it out drained my battery while one the charger! I found the removal interesting, for me, as once I removed the mobile app I stopped using it a news point and didn't go to the desktop versions either something I has done fairly regularily.