That any and all physical security measures can be defeated is a feature, not a bug. Almost no human beings actually need that level of security, and the tradeoffs are absolutely not worth it for those of us without Mossad as a threat.
How often do people lock themselves out of their own house? Don't you know anyone with ADHD? Imagine any time that happens it is mathematically verifiably permanent as a fact of reality itself. It doesn't matter that the state still views you as the legal owner, you are never allowed in ever again.
No web service is like that. They all offer recovery options. We aren't talking about Bitcoin here.
The trend of companies becoming easier to contact and customer service becoming better is well-documented.
Tell that to the people who have lost access to their Google account.
Now we aren't talking about a security problem, we're talking about who really owns what. Google can lock you out of your account no matter what kind of authentication they use for that account
It's a lot easier to be locked out with a passkey than without one.
No it's not. Google flips a bit in their database and no matter what kind of authentication you set up with them, you get denied
This does not reflect my own lived experience.
But if true, that means that Google can choose to not provide you a recovery service, which is functionally the same as them not having it.