[pwlb]

Self-Sovereign Identity and DIDs are a very fast moving train. People argue that in the early internet days there was a similar competition between new protocols(compare with DID methods) before we arrive in our todays HTTP(S)-only world. Similarly DID methods will probably consolidate to a handful within few years and DID Core is only a first step to get a minimal common denominator. Also its questionable if Microsoft&Google and the others are fearing a rapidly evolving ecosystem that they can not jump on as fast and therefore remain sceptic in any case

[zcw100]

This is probably the last thing that the likes of Microsoft and Google are worrying about right now. I'm sure it is fun imagining being the lone hacker keeping them up at night.

[pwlb]

not yet, but identity giants like okta and ping are already looking at SSI very carefully. digital identity will be key in the next years

[csixty4]

Microsoft hired Kim Cameron at the tail end of the last decentralized digital identity craze and once built an OS feature (CardSpace) to support it. I really doubt anyone there is afraid of sovereign identity.