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I'm continuously surprised how authoritarian some people are.

You consider something superior just because it works for you and therefore everyone should be forced to do as you, but you ignore what doesn't work for others (such as being tied to a phone).

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The announcement doesn't even require a phone... it just requires SOME second device to confirm your identity. There are several alternatives.

And as others have said, you can use another product.

Nobody is forcing you to use Google's products. If having a phone is that onerous for you, you're allowed to not do that.

GOOGLE is literally forcing people to use their products. Their entire business strategy is based around it, gobbling up or destroying every competitor, advertising and promoting their own services on search above others, illegally collaborating with other giant tech companies, and on and on. That's how monopolies work. That's the whole point.

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