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I really want to be able to do PARTS of these apps all in one place. They can keep their individual responsibilities after that. To be a bit dramatic, I get fr
by ajkjk 11y ago
I really want to be able to do PARTS of these apps all in one place. They can keep their individual responsibilities after that.
To be a bit dramatic, I get frustrated whenever:
- I have to choose between identity platforms to sign up for a site. I wouldn't be sad if there was an option (e) that was open source, transparent, not planning to monetize me, and easy to integrate with lots of various apps and services.
- I have to come up with credentials to a new website
- I have to remember what apps and services I've signed up for
- I have to save data on two different distributed file systems that don't interop.
- I have to connect with the same person on two different platforms. Or, I have to decide how much of my life I want a person to be able to see on two different platforms.
- I have to figure out if I'm okay with the privacy and security of various platforms on which I have an identity.
- I have to fill out a form with data I've already given to a service on the web.
- I discover that a friend uses a service I also use and I just wasn't aware of it.
- I have to choose between text, email, snapchat, FB message, gchat, Skype, Whatsapp, Twitter, LinkedIn, or Instagram based on what (I've memorized) a particular friend or colleague uses.
I don't mind the different services doing different things. Users do want to use Instagram for Instagram things and SnapChat for SnapChat things. I just don't like the part where they're all mostly standalone but solving the same problems over and over and forcing me to jump through the same hoops over and over for no benefit. But I don't trust any existing system to aggregate these responsibilities either. I barely and reluctantly trust Google/FB/Twitter enough to use them for identity services across multiple sites, just because the alternative is so painful that I have to.