I like that when you come across one of the many Google dark patterns and complain about it, a fanboy always shows up out of nowhere to tell you it’s impossible and you did something wrong.
I once had an issue logging in to Google where they wanted to verify me some way that I couldn’t complete. I eventually got around it by going through the “Forgot Password” workflow instead of logging in normally. I have no idea if this still works or whether it will make things worse for you, but if all else fails it might be worth a try.
Okay, so I attempted to access it again. Its currently in a weird state of partial access.
I can “log in” but as soon as I try to access anything, say, Gmail, I get that screen again.
This is what the settings page looks like:
So its not totally locked out, but its not functional either, I’m not even on a VPN.
Notice, 2FA is off.
Then I click Gmail and get this:
I tap “more ways to verify” and get this:
I tap the only option, and it circles back to the previous screen.
🤷♂️
I like that when you come across one of the many Google dark patterns and complain about it, a fanboy always shows up out of nowhere to tell you it’s impossible and you did something wrong.
I once had an issue logging in to Google where they wanted to verify me some way that I couldn’t complete. I eventually got around it by going through the “Forgot Password” workflow instead of logging in normally. I have no idea if this still works or whether it will make things worse for you, but if all else fails it might be worth a try.