Is this the only viable solution today? Fully opt in to a provider that isn’t user friendly? For a free service maybe ok, but then you typically shouldn’t have

Is this the only viable solution today? Fully opt in to a provider that isn’t user friendly? For a free service maybe ok, but then you typically shouldn’t have the bot problem to such an extent if it’s small enough. For a paid service: no way, please find a way around this or I’ll find a way around your service as soon as a problem pops up and causes me extra inconvenience just to sign up.