You still do need to make an account and give them a phone number/credit card to get into developer mode and enable adb. They'd be dumb to, but stopping people

You still do need to make an account and give them a phone number/credit card to get into developer mode and enable adb. They'd be dumb to, but stopping people is entirely within their ability. Really wish sideloading was a thing you could do on your own/offline like most other android devices.