This has been a pet peeve of mine as well. I avoid sites that require logins. I’ve been experimenting with alternate authentication/authorization mechanisms.
It’s a major reason why I created https://prose.sh to explore what’s possible. We don’t require an email and only ask for it on https://feeds.sh because it’s an rss-to-email notification service.
Read only websites and write SSH apps are pretty congruent to the HN bubble.
There’s an added benefit that only people that can open a terminal can create an account.
I avoid apps that require logins too, unless there's some obvious reason why they need them. I shitcan most new apps I download now because:
1. They insist on a login for a utility that clearly runs locally on my phone.
2. They require permissions like location or contacts that they clearly don't need.
3. They start sending me upsell notifications once an hour, forever when even once a year is too much. I know I can turn off notifications but it's a PITA to do it manually every time I install a new app.
It’s a major reason why I created https://prose.sh to explore what’s possible. We don’t require an email and only ask for it on https://feeds.sh because it’s an rss-to-email notification service.
Read only websites and write SSH apps are pretty congruent to the HN bubble.
There’s an added benefit that only people that can open a terminal can create an account.