[throwaway81523]

Do you mean SMS? I don't see a requirement that you use that. Yeah, that would be a pain. My SMS goes to a voip number that emails me the message, and that works most of the time, but a few jerky sites reject it. I just figured that the 2fa slows down requests to 2 per minute or whatever, the speed of TOTP codes changing.

I also don't know what a verified account is. If it's just email-confirmed then yeah, that is trivial. If it is a payment card that worked, or even further a shipping address that worked, that can be more annoying to game.

I had thought that it was only the Pi Zero series that had strict quantity limits, and that people were supposed to be able to buy lots of 4's if they wanted to.

Also, for most users (not all) there isn't really a pressing need for a 4, since the 400 has been plentiful and is basically a 4 in a different form factor, with an attached keyboard. I figured if I wanted a 4 before they became available again, I'd just get a 400. What I really want is some more Zeros and Zero W's, but I think those are both being replaced by the more power hungry and expensive Zero W2.