> helping some people is great even if it doesn't help everyone

It's kind of funny, but I very much agree with this. It's just in this case, it's hurting everyone (in ways most don't even realize) so that you can help a few people.

It's like putting everyone in prison, because some people might commit a crime and this would save some victims. A bit of an overreaction, no?

It's not one example. The scammers purposefully target people like these. That's their business.

Like, I'm sure there's a small amount of people who normally wouldn't get scammed but fall for it in a panic. But, is that really such a big concern for Google that they absolutely must continue stripping user freedoms from us? Is the current 30s popup which needs 3 confirmations not enough? Will the new one really work?

There's been some reporting recently where I live about a case of some woman being scammed.

She went to a bank to transfer the scammer money. They told her no. She came back the next day. The police got involved and explained everything to her. Then she came back the next day. After that, she apparently found another location which let her transfer the money.

There's basically zero chance a 24 hour (or any amount of a) cool off period will help these people.