Why can't we just have separate log ins and be done with this nonsense?

Question

As the topic says...
This common login is supposed to be one reason why Adobe can't implement NNTP. But what function does it serve? I've commented in another thread, and below is more or less, what i said there...
That, i think, was the most assinine idea anyone ever came up with. I see no reason for not having separate log ins for store and forums / downloads. In fact, i can't think of one good reason to combine the two.
If i were a user of the Adobe store, i would definitely prefer to have a separate login and password for that area. I think most people would. I see a lot of aliases in the forums. In the store, you'd want to use your real name for tax and audit purposes. Moreover, what's to stop people creating two identities anyway? So, the whole purpose of a common id is meaningless.
Am sure, that even at this stage, it wouldn't be too difficult to separate the two. For instance, whenever i open the forums i see a welcome at the top of the screen. Right above 'Home'. Yet, i still have to login to the forums... what give? Idiotic.
Adding to the above, doing away with this single log in would also mean an end to this frustration of suddenly getting logged off, randomly staying logged in, etc., etc.

Answer 1

jochemd wrote:
JayJhabrix wrote on 2009-05-24 08:05:
This common login is supposed to be one reason why Adobe can't implement NNTP.  But what function does it serve?
It reduces the number of accounts people have to remember. I am very
glad I do not have to have separate accounts for the Adobe site, the
WebX forums, the Fusetalk forums, the Acrobat.com site, the
Photoshop.com site, the trainers portal, the Community portal, the
Partner portal etc.
I remember the days those were all different accounts and I am glad they
are gone. I can't wait until the prerelease site and the EDS site are
fixed to work with the Adobe ID as well.
In my reply to Kaguyen, I wrote:
I agree that having a single loging procedure for all the forums was logic and necessary. However, I still completely fail to understand the logic behind tying the Adobe Store and the Forums login procedures. By its very nature, the former needs strong security measures that are not only unnecessary, but also completely absurd in a public forum. I gladly accept being logged out of my bank account and of the  Adobe Store after a fixed period of inactivity. However, I see no reason for, and strongly object to, being logged out of any public forum after any period of time.
I would very much prefer remembering separate login data for each than been constantly logged out of the forums. Even more so as the login procedures currently in use were not tested properly before being implemented, and logouts occur unpredictably, including many cases where the user is active. Following your logic, why not have just one username and password for everything, including bank accounts, large stores such as Amazon, taxing purposes, etc?
But separating them just isn't going to happen. And you know it isn't,
because it isn't a technical decision but a policy choice. So I would
very much appreciate if you stopped whining and detracting attention
from issues that do stand a chance of changing.
Jochem
Now this is really a gem. I do hope you are not a member of the Adobe higher quarters, and that you are not officially speaking for Adobe, because a company that isn't able to recognize and correct a bad policy decision is doomed. Also, I hope you are willing to explain to us mere mortals which of the very many issues people are (in your words) whining about do stand a chance, however slight, of changing.