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reCAPTCHAs usually have a trustiness factor built into the code. If some combination of identity (IP address, browser fingerprint, last login on the site, etc) is questionable, it will give you more captchas. Do you use a lot of public VPNs? Are things from your network stuff Google might consider shady?

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Lovely argument you have there. It boils down to this:

"Perhaps you are not subjecting yourself to monitoring by Google so that they may further monetize your Internet history."

My initial argument stands:

"If security keys are so great, why is Google subjecting me to so many CAPTCHAs? Perhaps it is because they want free work. A password and security key challenge should be all the proof that Google needs."

I've had similar discussions before. I've even had someone call me a criminal for running an ad blocker. I'm not fond of the word shady either.

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