> You don't need a mobile phone, you can use a friend's phone, or use a landline. Sure, because what's the chance the friend also has a Google account? And who

> You don't need a mobile phone, you can use a friend's phone, or use a landline. Sure, because what's the chance the friend also has a Google account? And who doesn't have a personal landline, especially these days? Sorry to be snarky, but responses to the point of "sorry that our systems are horrible, nothing we can do, here are a few hoops to jump through to possibly deal with it" just get me. It's not just in Googles power to change something, it's literally a problem created by Google.