Installed Steam on a new computer. Signed in. It sent a passcode to my GMail. I signed into GMail. It wanted me to 2FA because I hadn’t signed into Google on that device. It sent a notification to my phone, which I never received. I had it resend the notification twice, still nothing. Tried again with my phone’s offline passcodes. Neither worked. Tried the QR code/Bluetooth connection, and that finally did it.
At least I got through in the end, but fuck, it’s annoying.
perhaps this is the reason we shouldn’t have turned a useful tool (technology) into a system that controls all aspects of our lives
I’m convinced that Marx would rethink his takes on technological advancement if he could see how it has become fully integrated with a hyper-capitalist and profit-driven world.