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I think it's in case Google's auth (or even Google itself!) goes down—Facebook's was down the other day, and if you don't provide alternative sign-in mechanisms
by beaumartinez 14y ago
I think it's in case Google's auth (or even Google itself!) goes down—Facebook's was down the other day, and if you don't provide alternative sign-in mechanisms, users can't sign in.
- dilap 14y agoSure, but as a site you should either depend on 3rd-party auth and deal with the possibility of downtime, or be up-front about wanting your own credentials. To pretend like FB or Google login will work and then demanding a user/pass is deceptive and really, really annoying.
- tomjen3 14y agoThe reason you I on those sign in with x is because I am either too lazy to type an email or because I don't trust the site.
- eropple 14y agoExcept that's not what they do: you never log in with Google, it always asks you for the email/password pair. It's manifestly dishonest.