[squidgedcricket]

You don't have to sign into browsers. You don't even need an apple ID, I use a local account on my macbook.

It's not the happy path though. We need a tech a company that prioritizes local-first designs.

[falcolas]

At least with Chrome (and stock chromium, IIRC), you don't have to sign into the browser. If you sign into any Google property, the browser will use that auth to log you in.

Firefox does not, but it sure prompts the hell out of you to do so.

[lapcat]

In Chrome Settings, You and Google, Sync and Google services, there's a toggle "Allow Chrome sign-in", which says "By turning this off, you can sign in to Google sites like Gmail without signing in to Chrome".

[EasyMark]

Why wouldn't you use local solutions for that? There is no profitability in that for companies and a lot of headaches to maintain another solution that they are just going to see as a money-sink. Companies pretty much -have- to provide a password solution on a modern OS, but they don't have to provide 2. It will have to be done by you with something like KeepassXC or Vaultwarden or something.