just to get it out of the way: yes, i know i can use a spam email/phone number. yes, i know i can opt out of promotional emails/texts. that doesn’t make it any less frustrating. i don’t need a growing list of empty accounts for websites i only spend an hour (or less) browsing through. don’t even get me started on restaurants that ask for your phone number when you scan their QR code…
Not a bit. I just go grab an email address at minuteinbox.com
Then they get to send garbage to an email address I’ll never use again.
I also see no point in giving anyone a phone number. Not that it will do them any good since I block anything not in my contacts l list.
More and more, I’m finding that it isn’t enough to just give one of my alias addresses. I’ll make my account and then immediately end up locked out unless I give them my phone number (looking at you, Discord) or upload my ID/take some live selfies (looking at you, Slowly), or sometimes both (looking at you, LinkedIn).
I miss the days when I could just browse and use the internet anonymously