> This is a demonstrable fact and any argument to the contrary is simply pearl clutching

I agree. Lookup what a strawman argument is. No one made that claim.

> I challenge you to find even a single incident resulting from a compromise of this 2nd factor,...

Friend, do you read comments before replying to them? That is exactly my challenge to you. Passwordless usually means getting rid of 2fa and using one or more "next generation credential providers".