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So it means there’s no reason to require a google account since they’ve shown it hasn’t needed one for 5 years.
It’s like all the RTO mandates. We’ve shown WFH works just fine for 5 years and kept your companies afloat, there’s no reason to pull people back in to the office now.
On the other hand - they could access that data all the time since they bought it. This just simplifies this a little bit to tie it to your "real" account and combine it with all the other data about you
They did access the data. Read about the Pebble IP fiasco.
With OIDC technology there has been zero reason for any particular provider to be necessary for app usage. All providers that accept OIDC is valid, they're just forcing the scope down to just their provider.
You guys need to understand it's about controlling a walled garden.