[qurren]

Because with the alternative they'll require you to "confirm your e-mail" instead of just picking a password

[eru]

I'm actually more annoyed by having to pick passwords than confirming my email.

[mystifyingpoi]

I'm opposite. If my email goes down, or I do not have access to it, I cannot login. With passwords I still can.

[eru]

My email is with Google. They are less likely to go down than my password manager.

[Viliam1234]

Until one day your Google account gets locked with an automatically generated message that you violated an unspecified rule. Good luck getting contact to a human support.

[mystifyingpoi]

Well then you need a better password manager. Like a .kdbx file which is ~100% available, given enough copies I guess.

[jurgenburgen]

Then what’s the point of it all? Just use Google login.

[eru]

Yes, that's what I'm doing, when it's available.

But it's not always an option, so a password manager is still a good idea.

[lucumo]

Doesn't your password manager take care of that?

[eru]

It does. But I haven't properly synced it across all my devices, yet. I know, my fault.

[zalebz]

when in a rush I will put in gibberish instead going through the pw manager steps and rely on resetting the pw at a later time

[hotelsacher]

Picking passwords is a job best left to password managers. You don't use a hand crank when riding an elevator, do you?

[eru]

I am using a password manager.

[Geezus_42]

Use a password manager to autogenerate them?

[0cf8612b2e1e]

Considering the two different people who fat finger my email address when signing up for services, I wish more systems required a validation step.

Janet and Jake, I am sick of getting your stuff. Learn your actual email.