I’ve seen this (requirement for a phone number when signing up) sometimes, even when signing up for a Google account with a non-Gmail address. It’s ridiculous t

I’ve seen this (requirement for a phone number when signing up) sometimes, even when signing up for a Google account with a non-Gmail address. It’s ridiculous that a company that does so much tracking with reCAPTCHA and many other systems pushes so much for a phone number (which is something most people don’t change).