I actually needed that button the other day. I have an account on Etsy, but wasn't sure if it was sign in with google or an etsy account using my gmail. Signing in to the website's own "login with google" button was a redirect loop. Requesting password reset sent me no email. At some point Chrome offered to sign-in for me, and that worked.

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yoavm 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

I'm never confused about what I've used to sign in because I only use randomly generated passwords using my password manager (Bitwarden), and it offers to use them automatically when I go to a website.

Another advantage is that Google cannot cut my access to all of my accounts on the internet.

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bitpush 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

HN userbase is not representative of the large majority of the users of a service.

Most of are fully capable of using a password manager, some even self-hosted that we expose via Tailscale, but for a lot of users, they are using a service to get things done and authentication is a necessary hurdle.

	▲	o11c 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		Counterpoint: my parents managed to lock each other out of their shared Amazon account after being coerced into "upgrading" their login method. Thankfully they managed to reset it somehow and go back to saved passwords, which Just Work™.

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tracker1 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Aside: annoying when a site, specifically a govt website URL changes... I get REALLY skeptical if I land on a page my password manager (also Bitwarden) doesn't recognize with my credentials.

My local city utilities switched to some kind of google based auth from their previous separate user/password account login. Had to create a new login/account tied to my billing account.

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linhns 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

If Bitwarden can come up with something similar, I'd gladly welcome it, even though it's awesome already.

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soraminazuki 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

You didn't need that button, but rather Etsy needed to test their own website.