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Just don't use the services that do this
Once entities like tax authorities require it for filing your taxes (or any other thing you absolutely have to do), that's not really an option any more.
The tax authority in my country already uses a proprietary protocol and client
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elster_(Software)
It's funny that they name that protocol after a bird that's associated with theft.
Unfortunately not a feasible solution. If the vast majority of websites support this, any sort of OSS solution is dead to the average user.
Most people won't even notice this exists because they use Chrome without extensions (and you can't even install extension in Android's Chrome).
Yes!
I wish.