Pain point · Setup & onboarding · Causes churn
Requiring a Google or Slack account is off-putting for self-hosters
3 source threads · first seen 2019-06 · last seen 2021-02
Summary
The user is interested in hosting Outline themselves but dislikes that their users must still sign in through Google or Slack, and expects this to scare many people off.
- Affects
- prospective self-hosters
Evidence
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“I don't like the fact that you need a Google or Slack account”
“I am a bit disappointed that at almost 8k stars, the only way to authenticate is Slack”
“one thing is a real deal breaker: SSO with *google* or *slack*”