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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sorry for devil's advocate here because I agree with you but hypothetically the answer would be verification. ie., Google already has your password, so why would they need to ask you for it when you log in?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago

Technically they only have your password hash