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> Why not OpenID Connect? Someone asked that in the comments of the article and the author responded with this link: https://indieweb.org/indieauth-vs-openid-

> Why not OpenID Connect? Someone asked that in the comments of the article and the author responded with this link: https://indieweb.org/indieauth-vs-openid-connect https://indieweb.org/indieauth-vs-openid-connect The answer seems to boil down to IndieAuth being more decentralized.

colemickens 8y ago
Aha, one more bit of indirection ala OpenID v1 to make the base identity portable. I like it. Thanks for the link!
user5994461 8y ago
Not at all. The answer is that the guy is pushing for his own product and company.
- floatboth 8y ago
  There is no company and product, there is a community and open specifications.
- detaro 8y ago
  The author works for a company in the Auth space, but said company has no products based on this specification, and it was created prior to him working there.