> we want to keep free and logged-out access available for more users.

And THANK YOU for that!

Being able to use ChatGPT and Grok without signing in is a big part of why I like those services over Gemini etc.

Hell, dummy Claude won't even let me Sign-In-with-Apple on the Mac desktop, even though it let me Sign-UP-with-Apple on the iPhone! BUT they do support Sign-In-with-Google!!? What in the heavenly hell is this dumbassery