Why do I need to sign in with Google? So you can scrape my email? Why not just ask for my email?
Show HN: Windows 9X – Windows 98 but all of the programs are AI generated
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#22Why do I need to sign in with Google? So you can scrape my email? Why not just ask for my email?
So it can track the free tokens it gives you.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
I thought it was a joke at first. Can you imagine Google SSO on a Win32 app in the 9x era?
Also thought it was a joke. Absolutely not signing in to google for an unknown app meant as a novelty, and I can’t imagine that’s necessary for this to function so I think it’s fair to say it’s a bad design, if not outright malicious.
Users are offered free tokens to test the app with and a google logon is as good as any to test with... I will agree it looks sketch though.
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#25For everyone wondering why the google sign in is required it's because the "app" gives you 5 free tokens to play with. It needs to be able to track that and just using google as your identity solution is way easier than rolling your own.
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#27For everyone wondering why the google sign in is required it's because the "app" gives you 5 free tokens to play with. It needs to be able to track that and just using google as your identity solution is way easier than rolling your own.
Juzt give them during the session. This seems like a novelty item, not something I'd return to over and over.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also thought it was a joke. Absolutely not signing in to google for an unknown app meant as a novelty, and I can’t imagine that’s necessary for this to function so I think it’s fair to say it’s a bad design, if not outright malicious.
Users are offered free tokens to test the app with and a google logon is as good as any to test with... I will agree it looks sketch though.
It looks sketch and this is the kind of thing that could really benefit from a small explanation. Users land on what seems to be a joke/novelty website that is immediately asking them for google login information, with no explanation. As you can see from the reactions here, that did not go well. An explanation of the reason for the login would help a lot.