OAuth 2 is way less cumbersome than OAuth 1.0a. Switching from username/pass to OAuth 2 would have been far less a PITA than switching to 1.0a where you have to

OAuth 2 is way less cumbersome than OAuth 1.0a. Switching from username/pass to OAuth 2 would have been far less a PITA than switching to 1.0a where you have to encrypt/sign the requests by hand. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4113934/how-is-oauth-2-different-from-oauth-1 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4113934/how-is-oauth-2-di... <- this is a pretty nice summary