As I've done some testing on different Linux distros, among the first things I do is to set up basic apps like e-mail client (Thunderbird) just to see that they work as expexted.
I have two Gmail accounts, which I've used quite a long time. I haven't used them for anything official or other important things, they are sort of 'junk' accounts, which I use for stuff like login to Youtube, or when websites require registration to download their software. So no worries about the amount of spam.
Finally, today when I was about to add Gmail account to Thunderbird, it required verification code to be sent to my other Gmail account.
That has been standard practice for some time, but this time, when trying to log in to that second account using web browser to get the verification code - it required verification code to be sent to the first email account - how cool is that?
When that happens, it's for the users to figure out, *if* they have another laptop or smart phone or whatever, which has Gmail account(s) already set up:
https://www.reddit.com/r/GMail/comments/1do8maa/stuck_in_the_account_recovery_loop_because_i_dont/I don't have a smart phone, and certainly do not use my phone number to recover any of such services.
I guess these days Google's policy isn't about its users privacy, but to drive them away.
After all that rant, I have an ISP that offers additional email accounts, so that's an option that I'm going use.
In the end, it's just sad to see how broken solutions billions making companies offer to their users.
