That's cool. Can I not use a number? Would it be so hard to add a username field? That the default is phone-number based for discovery is a savvy and logical m

That's cool. Can I not use a number? Would it be so hard to add a username field? That the default is phone-number based for discovery is a savvy and logical move for adoption. So add it as an optional feature. The conclusion that I immediately arrive to is that this software must be a honeypot of some sort because it makes no sense. Literally zero.