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A comment on Ask HN: Magic links are bad UX and make people's lives worse. Change my mind.

Re:Ask HN: Magic links are bad UX and make people's lives wo... by isawczuk on Monday April 14, 2025 @03:28PM (#43685237)
- Great way to confirm if email address is valid

- People tend to use bad passwords

- People tend to forget passwords (you need to write whole password recovery, etc)

- You always have your smartphone with email close to you

- It's way easier than 2FA with Authenticator and cheaper than SMS

- You limit password sharing for your service

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Re:Ask HN: Magic links are bad UX and make people's lives wo... by jonplackett on Monday April 14, 2025 @04:36PM (#43686026)
This is a great list of reasons it’s better for the provider of the service.

But it isn’t better for the user of the service.

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