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Re:Google+ for consumers will shut down on April 2nd by projectramo on Thursday January 31, 2019 @09:18AM (#19044805)
Idea: an auth service that just interfaces with other auth services.

It will be free and will charge a fee for the following:

1. auto upgrading from discarded services

2. retrieving passwords that are forgotten

3. Changing around your login id (automatically) for various services so you won't have to remember what you used

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Re:Google+ for consumers will shut down on April 2nd by swift532 on Thursday January 31, 2019 @09:24AM (#19044844)
But who watches the watchers? It would be supremely ironic if such a service shut down.
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Re:Google+ for consumers will shut down on April 2nd by projectramo on Thursday January 31, 2019 @09:53AM (#19045074)
You're right. It seems as though the service (perhaps every critical service) has to open source their code, let you self host, and then offer their own hosted version for a price.
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Re:Google+ for consumers will shut down on April 2nd by swift532 on Thursday January 31, 2019 @09:59AM (#19045124)
Yeah, that makes sense to me. I'm not sure how profitable that can be, but it'd certainly be ethical and useful to people. I do think it'd be sustainable at least.
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