The only way passkeys make sense is in terms of vendor lock in. If you stick with a single vendor (ie. Google or Apple) to manage them for you, it kinda works if you ignore edge cases (eg. how to recover if phone breaks).
So the motivation for why big tech wants them is clear. They've just not managed to make a compelling case for why anybody else should want them.
The only way pass keys become a widespread thing is if they force the issue by removing password authentication, and I don't see that happening any time soon.
So the motivation for why big tech wants them is clear. They've just not managed to make a compelling case for why anybody else should want them.
The only way pass keys become a widespread thing is if they force the issue by removing password authentication, and I don't see that happening any time soon.