A tensor category need not be isomorphic to a strict tensor category

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I'm reading the book "Tensor categories" by Etingoff (and others). In remark 2.8.6 (posted below), it is claimed that the category $\mathcal{C}_G^\omega$ (defined in example 2.3.8, also below) is not isomorphic to a strict tensor category whenever $\omega$ is not cohomologically trivial. Can someone explain this a bit more?

If someone knows another example of a tensor category that is not isomorphic to a strict tensor category, I'm also interested in that.


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