Yes, it’s immensely frustrating when a service doesn’t support proper 2FA or forces weak SMS as a backup to proper 2FA, undermining much of its value. So while

Yes, it’s immensely frustrating when a service doesn’t support proper 2FA or forces weak SMS as a backup to proper 2FA, undermining much of its value. So while I support asking people to reconsider if they need a Google account, I would never recommend alternatives that lack 2FA and where possible, I refuse to use services that lack 2FA myself. Unfortunately there are still some categories like banking where TOTP, FIDO, etc is practically unheard of.