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Re:Don't forget Microsoft by rand49an on Monday January 31, 2022 @04:09AM (#30146043)
To be fair, the authentication for Microsoft is far more complex than any other comparable system. They have to deal with their own Microsoft accounts (Outlook, Live, Hotmail...), federated domains (via ADFS or third parties) and domains hosted in 365 too - Some of those being synced passwords from AD, some of those using pass through authentication from local servers...

Google just has to deal with accounts with Gmail domains and third party domains that they host.

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Re:Don't forget Microsoft by StreamBright on Monday January 31, 2022 @04:23AM (#30146130)
I totally get that. This is why it would make sense to implement login a way that it is obvious to the user what is happening. I am not sure how much time I wasted on trying to figure out which system I am logging in to and with.
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