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The image amplifies what we already know is a fundamental problem with OAuth; people, instead of forgetting their username/password combo, now are forgetting which provider they use to sign into a service.

That "Web 3.0 login" portion of the slide only makes that problem worse. Decentralization and a variety of choices absolutely fall apart when they meet non-tech users who have no idea what icon means what.

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>The image amplifies what we already know is a fundamental problem with OAuth; people, instead of forgetting their username/password combo, now are forgetting which provider they use to sign into a service.

I already have this problem with Matrix/Element all the time. Not only do I forget my username and/or password on networks I've been logged into for months, I also forget homeserver addresses and all these other settings I had to set up at some point. Every time I get logged out of something, it takes a day or two to figure out how to get back in.

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