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Re:"Made in EU" – Building a Startup on European Infrastructure by advisedwang on Friday February 20, 2026 @12:44PM (#47091201)
> I also avoid it because I'm concerned about being over-reliant on google (what if they close my account?)

Most if the "sign-in with google" accounts I have seen treat it as a shortcut to creating and logging in with an account with the primary email address of the Google account. So you can hit "reset password" and get a conventional password log-in to an account you previously made with the Google auth. If you get locked out of google, it's NBD.

Of course, this is probably not universally the case.

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Re:"Made in EU" – Building a Startup on European Infrastructure by piperswe on Friday February 20, 2026 @03:58PM (#47093866)
Does Google even let you create an account without Gmail anymore?
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Re:"Made in EU" – Building a Startup on European Infrastructure by advisedwang on Friday February 20, 2026 @04:30PM (#47094248)
Yes. There is a "Use your existing email address" button in the create account dialog.
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