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Please STOP to require google profile informations and restore the old-behaviour!

I know this change did already take place some months ago, but I wanted to write about this immediately. Here's the situation:

  • When I click on log In page
  • I login on my gmail account and get :Google profile dialog but in my case, if I click onJ'accepte(I agree) then I'm forced to upgrade to a Google profile because of the new Stack-exchange openid login behaviour.
  • If click onAnnuler(cancel) I get :the openid login fails

I created a gmail account in the early beginning, I only had to fulfil password; name; and email-address. I also find unfair that others providers don't have to provide those informations while it is required for Google.
I can understand this for things like facebook... But, not every Google's account are Google profiles...

Also, let's be clear:

  • No, I will never upgrade, the same way I would never create a social media profile.
  • Do not try to convince me it's google, because the message states the contrary and it perfectly work if I login by those kinds of ways :stackexchange.com login pagemeta.stackexchange.com login page.

Update : please also note this is not a real feature-request : this is not for implementing something, but for unimplementing something wich have been implemented recently.

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