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In reply to the discussion: Good free email? [View all]FakeNoose
(32,336 posts)Chrome is the Google-created browser and it's one of the most popular these days. So Chrome is also going to 2-step verification, and it could be that G-Mail is going that route because of Chrome. In any case switching to a different email might be a temporary solution. The browser can require 2-step verification even if the email account does not.
That being said, I suggest Yahoo for email. I've been using (free) Yahoo email all these years, since the mid-90's when I left AOL in disgust. Yahoo has gone through many incarnations and it's still around. They want me to switch to 2-step verification, but I haven't done so and I still get my email. I don't know how long this will last but it's good for now. As I said, my Chrome browser is requiring it, but once I'm logged in on the 2-step I can stay in forever because I'm using my own home desktop computer. This may not be the case for you.
Good luck my friend.