> The right way to think of the "SSO tax" (where companies charge extra for security features) is "You are being offered a dual use product backed by a strong engineering team for far less than it would otherwise cost, with sophisticated enterprises picking up the slack."
https://twitter.com/patio11/status/1481293027331440640
Further down the thread:
> SSO is a segmentation lever, and a particularly powerful one because (as @tqbf notes), everybody in the sophisticated-and-well-monied segment is increasingly forced to purchase it.
> In this it is like asking a vendor for HIPAA-compliant services. Yes, enjoy 2X on the invoice.
https://twitter.com/patio11/status/1481293496506253321
I quote tweeted it and said:
> An interesting question is if/when will SSO become so prevalent that it won't be a point of pricing leverage any more?
> After all you used to have to pay (a fair bit) for SSL certs, until the industry recognized the benefits of them being widespread.
https://twitter.com/mooreds/status/1481300034448760842
I fully expect at some point in the future SSO will be as prevalent as SSL support is now.