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MillionOfficial

Sign In/Up with Google/Apple

most social media apps have this feature lol

Table of Contents
1. Intro
2. How to Connect
2.1. To a new account
2.2. To an existing account
3. Log in with a Connected Account
4. Let's aim for the suggestions directory!

Intro
Have you ever forgotten your username, password, and email connected to your Scratch account, or found them hard to remember? Well, no worries — you can use a Google or Apple account!

How to Connect
For this feature to work, you must connect your Scratch account to your Google or Apple account. Here's how:

To a new account
Click “join scratch”. Then, click “Sign up with Google” or “Sign up with Apple.” If you click Sign up with Google, you will be redirected to the Google account selection screen. Clicking Sign up with Apple will ask if you want to hide your email from scratch. In this case, you should click “Share My Email” so that your email will be automatically added to your Scratch account.

To an existing account
One could go to their account settings, click Account, then click “Connect to Google Account” or “Connect to Apple Account”. See the “To a new account” section to see what each button does.

Log In with a Connected Account
To log in with a connected account, there are two ways:

Click “Sign in” then click “Sign in with Google” or “Sign in with Apple”.
Type the Google/Apple account's username (or Apple ID if connected to Apple) and password.
Enter the Scratch username and password. (of course)

Let's aim for the Suggestions Directory!
If you like the suggestion, even if you don't plan on posting here, POST HERE! WE HAVE TO GET THIS ONTO THE SUGGESTIONS DIRECTORY! COPY THIS SECTION AND PASTE THIS INTO THE POST! Nvm chainmail isn't allowed

Last edited by MillionOfficial (Nov. 30, 2024 22:31:37)

ThisIsTemp1

I can tell you with confidence that the targeted demographic for Scratch does not have Google or Apple accounts.

MillionOffical wrote:
most social media apps have this feature lol

Scratch is not a social media.

Not to mention, the reason this is allowed in social media is because the website then gives information to Google to tailor its searches to you. Why would Google need information from a coding website? It violates privacy.

Last edited by ThisIsTemp1 (Nov. 30, 2024 22:41:19)

MillionOfficial

ThisIsTemp1 wrote:
I can tell you with confidence that the targeted demographic for Scratch does not have Google or Apple accounts.

stop misspelling my username as “MillionOffical”
I'm sure famous scratchers like Griffpatch or Chipm0nk have Google accounts.

ThisIsTemp1

MillionOfficial wrote:
ThisIsTemp1 wrote:
I can tell you with confidence that the targeted demographic for Scratch does not have Google or Apple accounts.
stop misspelling my username as “MillionOffical”
I'm sure famous scratchers like Griffpatch or Chipm0nk have Google accounts.

I said TARGET demographic

gdfsgdfsgdfg

just use your email that is the same as your mail
and verify your email

scratchcode1_2_3

……no

why? just why?

Scratch is a kids site, you think there's 6 year olds and 8 year olds happily dancing around with their own Google or Apple account? Isn't a google account quite literally just an email anyways?

o97doge

scratchcode1_2_3 wrote:
(#6)
……no

why? just why?

Scratch is a kids site, you think there's 6 year olds and 8 year olds happily dancing around with their own Google or Apple account? Isn't a google account quite literally just an email anyways?

Google Family Link exists.

scratchcode1_2_3

o97doge wrote:
(#7)
scratchcode1_2_3 wrote:
(#6)
……no

why? just why?

Scratch is a kids site, you think there's 6 year olds and 8 year olds happily dancing around with their own Google or Apple account? Isn't a google account quite literally just an email anyways?
Google Family Link exists.

1. that's crazy
1. barely anyone uses it
1. umm it's still not such a good idea

MillionOfficial

scratchcode1_2_3 wrote:
Scratch is a kids site, you think there's 6 year olds and 8 year olds happily dancing around with their own Google or Apple account? Isn't a google account quite literally just an email anyways?

Their Google account is provided by their district.
Also, Google has way more services than just Gmail.
WHY FILTER WHY

mastergamerx-details

back in ma day, we didn't have google

ThisIsTemp1 wrote:
Scratch is not a social media.

Erm, actually, you can share content and comment on Scratch, therefore making it social media

No support, not many kids have Google and Apple accounts. Most people that use Scratch are kids, so adding this might not be necessary.

RSITYTScratch

mastergamerx-details wrote:
No support, not many kids have Google and Apple accounts. Most people that use Scratch are kids, so adding this might not be necessary.

No support, per quoted reasons above.

MillionOfficial

mastergamerx-details wrote:
not many kids have Google and Apple accounts

There are many adults on Scratch (source), and kids' Google account is provided by their district.

Last edited by MillionOfficial (Nov. 30, 2024 23:54:02)

SidewaysCoder

MillionOfficial wrote:
Their Google account is provided by their district.

Most “Sign in with Google” integrations are automatically blocked by IT admins:

Also, schools already have an easy way to manage mass amounts of school accounts - the teacher account experience.

Yeah, most of the demographic on Scratch here isn't even allowed to create a Google account anyway, without parental approval, which defeats the purpose of this suggestion.

mastergamerx-details

MillionOfficial wrote:
mastergamerx-details wrote:
not many kids have Google and Apple accounts
There are many adults on Scratch (source), and kids' Google account is provided by their district.

I said most people on Scratch are kids.

UnblockedMusicPlay

Doesn't Apple have an Apple family feature where you can set up a family, this can auto create Apple ID's.

scratchcode1_2_3 wrote:
o97doge wrote:
(#7)
scratchcode1_2_3 wrote:
(#6)
-snip-
Google Family Link exists.
1. that's crazy
1. barely anyone uses it
1. umm it's still not such a good idea

A lot of people use it.

ametrine_

no support; i don't see any advantages of this over signing in normally, plus:

SidewaysCoder wrote:
Most “Sign in with Google” integrations are automatically blocked by IT admins:
Also, schools already have an easy way to manage mass amounts of school accounts - the teacher account experience.

Yeah, most of the demographic on Scratch here isn't even allowed to create a Google account anyway, without parental approval, which defeats the purpose of this suggestion.

scratchcode1_2_3

UnblockedMusicPlay wrote:
(#fifteen)
Doesn't Apple have an Apple family feature where you can set up a family, this can auto create Apple ID's.

scratchcode1_2_3 wrote:
o97doge wrote:
(#7)
scratchcode1_2_3 wrote:
(#6)
-snip-
Google Family Link exists.
1. that's crazy
1. barely anyone uses it
1. umm it's still not such a good idea
A lot of people use it.

yeah i know i crossed it out because I couldn't find a good excuse other than just saying it's a bad idea and it's not very much more convenient

glitcX

This would be good for kids with School Google accounts, what if it had Google Classroom integration, SUPPORT

DifferentDance8

ThisIsTemp1 wrote:
Scratch is not a social media.

You're technically correct, in that Scratch wasn't coded to be a social media. However, you can share projects and comment on other people's projects. Henceforth, Scratch is commonly regarded as “kid's first social media” since the risk of encountering any preds (while unfortunately non-zero) is significantly lessened.

ThisIsTemp1 wrote:
Why would Google need information from a coding website?

By that logic, why does Replit have a Sign in with Google button?

scratchcode1_2_3 wrote:
you think there's 6 year olds and 8 year olds happily dancing around with their own Google or Apple account?

You may speak for yourself, but I've had a Google account since I was 12.

scratchcode1_2_3 wrote:
Isn't a google account quite literally just an email anyways?

I think you're getting Google and GmaiI confused. Google does allow you to access GmaiI, but Google is not GmaiI in of itself.

SidewaysCoder wrote:
Also, schools already have an easy way to manage mass amounts of school accounts - the teacher account experience.

You mean the “teacher account experience” which A) is so easy to fake people have made tutorials on-site and off how to get access to it without being a teacher, B) a certain hexagonal ban speedrunner used multiple times and C) may have been responsible for that DDOS earlier last month?
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Overall, the only problem I can see is that it would be impossible to create alts - which IIRC wasn't even intended behaviour in the first place.

ThisIsTemp1

ThisIsTemp1 wrote:
Why would Google need information from a coding website?

DifferentDance8 wrote:
By that logic, why does Replit have a Sign in with Google button?

I mean kid coding website.

Last edited by ThisIsTemp1 (Dec. 1, 2024 18:26:11)

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