While spam is a real issue and it's well justifiable for a company to request some identity confirmation, it is also not particularly wrong to label not disclos

While spam is a real issue and it's well justifiable for a company to request some identity confirmation, it is also not particularly wrong to label not disclosing the requirements upfront to be a sort of a dark pattern. It surely can be somewhat frustrating if you've signed up only to see that there are some extra requirements you haven't anticipated.