[finfinfin]

So how does the service authenticate the user?

User installs a browser extension (wallet) that is created by a third party that they have to trust unconditionally?

Is that what the promised land of zero trust is about? Trusting a 3rd party with all your finances?

[TimJRobinson]

The user can read the source code of a wallet and they know it's never going to change on them or have a service block them, and there are many options available which they can switch between at any time.

It's about user empowerment and not letting other entities have any control over any aspect of it.

[finfinfin]

Who is your theoretical empowered user? A CS major?