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> horrible UI-wise

It is, but think of why you'd build this. You own the backend and need to add 2FA support. The various client software isn't written by you so you can't change them. This approach allows the client software to add an OTP field (concat the fields for the user) but doesn't require it (user must concat OTP on password manually).

Many of the places I've seen this used don't integrate well with software password managers. OS login screen, console apps, etc; typically not web apps. But this is a good criticism.



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