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From: Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Google 2SV without mobile number
Date: 10 May 2024 17:51:41 GMT
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Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote:
> Frank Slootweg wrote on 10 May 2024 15:07:22 GMT :
[...]
> >> Hence, it refuses to set up the account. I'll try again later to screenshot
> >> it for the team such that my experience has been GMail always requires it.
> > 
> >   That would be nice. Perhaps things are different for this side of the
> > pond (Andy, Chris and I are in Europe). 
> 
> I'll do it from my own ISP and I could try it from my phone's T-Mobile data
> but I've _never_ been able to set up a Google Account without needing to
> give them private "real" data.
> 
> > BTW, this is about setting up a new Google Account, not about Gmail.
> 
> Maybe they're different in terms of setup, but I've never set up "only"
> GMail. I set up a "Google Account" and it comes with the GMail (AFAIK).
> 
> I could be wrong - as I had never doubted it - but to me the GMail account
> comes with the Google Account. Thanks for the clarification.

  Yes, Gmail - and its associated e-mail address - comes with setting up
a Google Account. But Gmail is just one of Google's services and you can
create a Google Account and use some (other) Google services, but choose
not to use Gmail. That's why I make the distinction, in a context, such
as this, where it's important.