Can someone explain Google's position that passkeys are more secure than passwords?

I understand why the private key crypto itself, outside of a system, is more secure.

What I don't understand is that functionally, to me it seems similar to not logging out. If many users are going to be bad at locking their screen, or they will have a 4 digit pin on their phone, or they will have a pattern that someone could see and steal, traditionally I thought it was considered a wonderful idea that when they visit a …

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