[mschuster91]

> People just straight up lost their online identity.

> I'd argue if you're going to hand out consumer email addresses, you ought to have a plan to ensure they effectively never lose their email addresses. I

This is why regulation is so sorely needed. The "free market" has shown over and over again that it is not to be trusted with unregulated identity providing - I remember a time when there was at least one thread a month on HN where people complained about losing their GMail/Facebook/Amazon... account over "automated" tools (aka AI running rampant) and no way to contact humans.