This makes perfect sense for Google. This will objectively greatly increase the account security of their users. Remember 99% of Google users are not at all lik

This makes perfect sense for Google. This will objectively greatly increase the account security of their users. Remember 99% of Google users are not at all like people on HN. Google is helping the 99% at the expense of the people paranoid about tracking - but if you have a Google account, you've already lost that battle. This is a completely reasonable business decision and trade-off.