> I like OpenID because it works like email — choose whichever provider you fancy.
Persona works like email because every identifier is an email address, not an opaque OpenID URL. You don't have to have the NASCAR-esque "Sign in with OpenID Provider X, Y, or Z" login page if users can actually use an identifier that that already know. :) (To be fair, OpenID Connect is working on fixing that problem)
> I just hope those advances turn into an open protocol someday.
Mozilla operates a few centralized services to solve the chicken-and-egg problem while bootstrapping, but they're completely optional, and they automatically fall away when a browser or email provider have native support for the BrowserID protocol.
Persona works like email because every identifier is an email address, not an opaque OpenID URL. You don't have to have the NASCAR-esque "Sign in with OpenID Provider X, Y, or Z" login page if users can actually use an identifier that that already know. :) (To be fair, OpenID Connect is working on fixing that problem)
> I just hope those advances turn into an open protocol someday.
You're in luck! :) The protocol is open and completely decentralized: https://github.com/mozilla/id-specs/blob/prod/browserid/inde...
Mozilla operates a few centralized services to solve the chicken-and-egg problem while bootstrapping, but they're completely optional, and they automatically fall away when a browser or email provider have native support for the BrowserID protocol.