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> At the end some one needs to compromise

Sure. Google and Meta and similar companies can compromise by having proper redressal processes which will hold up in court, should they lock your account.

Being an identity provider who can take away your identity with no legal recourse is not legally tenable and will be challenged legally.

If you’re an engineer working on this, expect to get beat up by the EU on this, to start with. There is a solution though — build import & export into the spec and actually implement it well.

Google actually has done a decent job with Google Takeout. It’s worth learning from.




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