And that's not necessarily universally true. * Securing hardware authenticators is much more within our control than the whims of Google are. * Most of us are

And that's not necessarily universally true. * Securing hardware authenticators is much more within our control than the whims of Google are. * Most of us aren't ex-Googlers with contacts and reach (which are the only way to get reliable support when one's account does get borked), so that side of the risk is also much higher for normal people than for you.