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by hamburglar 4780 days ago
I would be happy to try this out and to pay your entirely reasonable yearly fee if I like it, but only if you provide a local login option that doesn't rely on google, facebook or twitter. I hate tying services to my other accounts, and I'm not making an exception for you. Not trying to be difficult, just letting you know the reality: tying login to other services loses you customers.
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Note also that because of this, I still haven't been able to see what the service is even like, because there is no demo.
Is the form under the social signup buttons not a 'local' signup?
It creates a local account, no need for a social account.
Did you add this after the original post or am I just blind? Anyway, signed up and trying it out! Can you comment on the status of the interface on mobile browsers / using touch?
Local sign up was there since the beginning ^^

We use some responsive design for screen size. I have to optimize some UI action for tablets and mobiles. We will maybe publish a mobile app if customers ask for it.

I do exactly opposite. I prefer to tie services with my Google/FB account so that I don't have to remember too many passwords.

And with recent security breaches, if I'm letting every other App store my information on their server (password etc.), isn't that less secure?

I am just curious why people in general(nothing personal) don't tie their accounts.

I use PwdHash ( https://www.pwdhash.com/ ) to obfuscate my password for me based on the site url so that I only need to remember one password and yet not fear when it gets leaked from one hacked server.

There is a browser extension and a mobile app as well to make it super easy to use. There is one site I use that defeats this by using several hosts for its login, one dedicated to login and another on the main site.