No Safe Way for Apps to Let Users Pay for Their Own AI Usage
Indie developers with no API budget want users to connect their own Gemini, OpenAI or Claude accounts so users bear the cost, but fear exposing or leaking user API keys. Replies point to OAuth sign-in and encrypted token storage, yet no standard cross-provider flow exists.
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