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this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2026
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Signals reliance on phone numbers is my biggest problem with it. I don’t understand why they can’t move away from them entirely.
You need something to limit spammers using the service to sign up a million accounts
You can already today share a username instead of a phone number, this is just extra for signup.
Still need a phone number to sign up though, or pay.
Just use a secondary number not connected to you. It's not that difficult.