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Yes: at least one factor topology must be indiscrete. Suppose instead that both have a nonempty proper open set, say ∅=U⊊X and ∅=V⊊Y. Then
W=(U×Y)∪(X×V)
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is open in the product topology. Both coordinate projections of W are the full factors, because U,V are nonempty. If W were a rectangle A×B, this would force A=X, B=Y, hence W=X×Y. But choosing x∈/U and y∈/V gives (x,y)∈/W, a contradiction. Thus both factors cannot have nontrivial open sets. This is rectangularity of every product-open set.

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