One note I noticed about USB-C dongles and headphones is that they need to be powered, whereas traditional headphones do not. So the headphones draw power from the phone, which then hurts battery life.
TWiT is definitely in trouble. The last time I listened to them, one of their advertisements was for... doing advertisements on TWiT. They were also pushing their subscription every chance they got.
Their whole network comes off as a bunch of boomers complaining about technology. I don't think they'll be around much longer.
It may be an isolated incident, but it would have been avoided had Lemmy confirmed the 2FA code before enabling it on the account. Like standard practice.
Besides, this issue refutes your entire premise - that automated 2FA set up is flawless.
It's an issue with many different authenticators, and it's an issue with the way Lemmy sets up its 2FA and doesn't do a confirmation afterwards. This needs to be fixed.
That doesn't address the issue. Yeah, that makes setting up a code easy on your device - but the code still should be verified and confirmed as working by the website before 2FA is enabled on the account.
Case in point: I used your revered "automated 2FA key implementation" for Lemmy in Authy. It set up the account in my Authy list, and 2FA was supposed to be working. I opened an icognito tab, went to log in, put in my 2FA code and... it didn't work.
Luckily, I still had my settings open in my other window and was able to deactivate 2FA.
The code should be tested and confirmed by the site before it's enabled. Otherwise you can easily get locked out of your account. This is standard practice when implementing 2FA on websites.
Because you want to verify 2FA is set up correctly before you log in again. What if it isn't, and now you're locked out of your account with no backup code?
It's because these apps that work in Android Auto also work in Android Automotive, which is Google's in-car OS that uses similar app design.