It gets even more depressing when you remember that OpenID was initially meant to allow users to own their identity by self-hosting their identity server or del

It gets even more depressing when you remember that OpenID was initially meant to allow users to own their identity by self-hosting their identity server or delegating to a trusted entity. But logging in with a URL was unfamiliar to users and it was easier to click the Google button. It is so sad that this vision got so distorted by corporate interests into delegating to MS/FB/Google/Apple.