With this logic you could say the chance to hit the lottery jackpot is the same as if the numbers are just 3 digits long. It’s not trying all the possible combinations all at once.
If the password was forced to be a specific length and could not be shorter or longer, it would be the same as that. But they’re not usually forced to be a specific length. They do have bounds, but that also makes it so there are fewer possible combinations to guess.
With this logic you could say the chance to hit the lottery jackpot is the same as if the numbers are just 3 digits long. It’s not trying all the possible combinations all at once.
If the password was forced to be a specific length and could not be shorter or longer, it would be the same as that. But they’re not usually forced to be a specific length. They do have bounds, but that also makes it so there are fewer possible combinations to guess.