Any reason why most websites in 2023 still have the “remember me” option?

Don't you want to be remembered?

@RememberMe do you remember?

i find it useful if i login on the laptop of someone else and dont want to be remembered :/

I'm not sure if you'd want the default to be always stay logged in, or never. And that is why.

idk, still makes sense to me

The point is most browser handles that now. The website has zero control if you intend to save your password or not.

remember me = I store a Refresh Token in cookies

Not remember me = store in local storage or something that gets flushed out in a few hours (usually just JWT, not RT)

1) It's up to your browser settings. You can configure it to always ask to remember it.

2) You could be signing in on a friend's computer.

3) You could be using the Internet on a smart TV somewhere and don't want to mess with browser settings.

@azuredivay that makes sense. I've been assuming it meant the user intends to autocomplete the form on next login when checked.

@GiddyNaya lolwut

@electrineer he's probably referring to the browser saving the credentials in the browser password manager, though it was never in websites' hands, a close attribute was "autocomplete" https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US... for when websites didnt want the browser to auto complete a form with saved info

going by the comments here, im guessing majority people assumed "remember me" affected this autocomplete/pw-manager behaviour

Very good point. I'll delete this bullshit from my saas

It's cargo cult. Once upon a time browser-integrated password managers didn't exist and therefore couldn't autofill the fields of login dialogs on page load.

New sites having this only do so because the devs saw older sites having it.