[alexiaa]

Google is a multi-billion dollar company, they barely have to lift a finger. They simply have to provide an option to opt out of 2FA. Add a bunch of warnings if you must. Even if Google was a small startup it would be trivial for them to do this.

[Kalium]

To be clear, your answer to vulnerable people needing protections is to lower the minimum level of security for everyone using Gmail. Do I understand correctly?

[WithinReason]

No, please reread.

[Kalium]

Ah! Then the problem is solved, I suppose.

[WithinReason]

There is already an option to opt out of 2FA:

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1064203

[crooked-v]

If you turn off 2FA, it will still force you to add a phone number and use an SMS verification code sent to it whenever the big machine feels like it.