Realme also suffers from typical government thinking though.
We wanted to add it to our platform as an authentication mechanism. That would be good for individuals, and good for realme, as it would increase adoption.
However this is not allowed because ... Realme is paid for from taxes, so noone in the private sector can use it unless they pay.
This makes some sense, but also obviously it makes no sense for a web site to pay e.g Google for "sign in with Google". Google is obviously more than happy to underwrite the costs, since it means greater adoption of their identities and more power to their platform.
As a result realme is stuck in a public sector prison. It's a shame as some of it has been well executed.
Cost recovery of a public service is reasonable, even if the base level of service is contributed to with tax revenue. What was the cost quoted versus private/corporate identity providers?
No cost was give, but paying an idp anything > $0 would be difficult to stomach when Google, LinedkIn, Facebook and many others provide the same service for free.
We wanted to add it to our platform as an authentication mechanism. That would be good for individuals, and good for realme, as it would increase adoption.
However this is not allowed because ... Realme is paid for from taxes, so noone in the private sector can use it unless they pay.
This makes some sense, but also obviously it makes no sense for a web site to pay e.g Google for "sign in with Google". Google is obviously more than happy to underwrite the costs, since it means greater adoption of their identities and more power to their platform.
As a result realme is stuck in a public sector prison. It's a shame as some of it has been well executed.