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by ewoodrich 668 days ago
As a developer I can sympathize having dealt with frustration implementing SSO but as a user (and I'm aware I may be in the minority on HN) I've bailed out of trying quite a few webapps that don't offer Sign in With Google or Sign in With Apple.

There is a psychological effect where I dread the image of whatever half broken bespoke registration flow or inane password requirements someone came up with when I only see a "Create Account" button.

That may not make a difference for signing up for an account at like a bank or something I truly need but for say a Show HN for Yet Another Thin Layer Over GPT #372 the odds are high I'll just click back and move on with my life.

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It isn’t for everyone, but I can’t imagine not using 1Password + Fastmail’s masked emails for registrations anymore.

All the privacy of throwaway email addresses with strong passwords. Services can store passwords in plaintext and use public blockchains as databases for all I care.

Figuring our which service leaked my email and blocking all messages from it is one click away.

For me it is the exact other way around. If you don't have any other sign up system, I will bail immediately. I have a Google account, but it is "empty" and only used for settings and Android phones.

I don't want Google to know which services I am using and I had accounts shut down by big tech for non-specified reasons, probably because I didn't want to share my phone number.

Same issues could materialize that we have with Chrome now. I don't want to watch an ad when I log in to something.