Comment by StrLght

What’s even the difference between «owning your digital identity» with email/password vs any other authentication method? Why does it even matter [0]? You don’t own any data connected to that digital identity [1]. I might be a bit on a radical side here, but to me it’s either you own everything or you own nothing. There’s no in-between.

[0] Except for OAuth since OAuth provider could ban you at any time.

[1] Until it's encrypted with your own public key and isn't stored anywhere in plaintext. Which can't be 100% guaranteed with any proprietary 3rd party service.