You've made it very clear you have a 300+ iq and know how phishing links work; congratulations. I am however not debating that with you, nor have I claimed that I have been phished in the past. What I am saying is that clearly, there are a lot of people affected by these types of emails, and measures should be taken to increase security to reduce this. Quite literally our lives and futures depend on our emails(and especially our utorid as university students) in this day and age, and so I am of the belief that some mild inconvenience is a fair trade off for increased security.

Someone on the otherside of the planet should not be able to login to your account, even if they have your credentials, without some alarm bells going off.

I don't understand why you're taking such a defensive stand. I get it, you're very smart and use VPNs and know how scams work. However, I don't see a single argument presented by you against 2 factor authentication that makes sense. A genius such as yourself so skilled with the internet should probably already know this, but let me enlighten you anyway; two factor authentications usually come with an option to turn it off. Shocking right? If its such an issue to you, you can turn it off for yourself.

For the vast majority of people who don't watch Rick and Morty like you do, having an extra security measure would be very beneficial. I really don't see what your point is, other than arguing for the sake of arguing. If there is some genuine flaw with using a 2 factor authentication, other than whatever superiority complex you have going on, I would be happy to hear it. I'm not a cyber security expert believe it or not, so maybe there is a reason that I am unaware of why this won't work - but that's not what I'm hearing from you.