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by JamesLeonis 5070 days ago
> The enterprise community was looking for a framework they can use with minimal changes to their existing systems, and for some, a new source of revenues through customization.

That right there is what killed OAuth 2.0. From day 1 these members didn't have the specification as the highest priority. They were only thinking of how the specification could serve their own ends. This isn't unique to the enterprise world, but that mindset has more than its fair share. The web community represented the group that put the specification as it's highest priority. When the specification was perverted, they left.