[peterspath]

Time to ditch DigiD? Unfortunately we are locked in as citizens.

Maybe they should open up 'eHerkenning' to citizens as well instead of only companies. And a bit more competition should be good, like use your bank to sign-in into government services.

[mindcrash]

No, they should move DigiD out of that data center.

Pretty much all critical Dutch gov services are located in sovereign data centres across the Netherlands. Why they can't do it with DigiD baffles me. Especially because it is (or at least used to be) based on a plain Java and Oracle stack.

[wolvoleo]

The alternatives iDIN and eHerkenning are commercial right? I know iDIN is from the banks and I definitely don't trust them. Unfortunately you can't do without them in today's society but I won't use them for this.

DigiD should just remain a government operation.

[user32489318]

eHerkenning cost 100eur/user/year for the most basic functionality. That’s a significant amount to pay for by the government

[peterspath]

That is why the suggestion for competition is there.

DigiD is a bit less indeed, estimation: €239M GDI-budget / ~17M users ≈ ~€14 per user per year.

[jbverschoor]

It’s 15-25 and you get a free grant of 25 per year