Does that also work if Google again randomly decides I have to use a specific one of multiple MFA choices? Recently it forced me to dig out my old phone I hadn'

Does that also work if Google again randomly decides I have to use a specific one of multiple MFA choices? Recently it forced me to dig out my old phone I hadn't been using for months and boot it just to confirm a popup because it simply wouldn't let me select a different method. I don't know what would have happened if I'd lost the phone instead of just buying a new one after support ended. It didn't even let me enter my printed out backup codes, which kind of defeats the purpose. And most people aren't even using a free password manager, there's no chance they're going to buy and configure a Yubikey.