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Getting a mainstream email account is now impossible without one! How far we’ve fallen since the days when usernames were opaque numbers and anonymity was priz
by BobbyTables2 3y ago
Getting a mainstream email account is now impossible without one!
How far we’ve fallen since the days when usernames were opaque numbers and anonymity was prized.
- lxgr 3y agoI’m aware that Google and some others require phone number verification for account creation these days, but do they actually require a smartphone?
- pjerem 3y agoAlso you really don’t need a Google account to live correctly, especially if you don’t even own a smartphone.
- pjerem 3y agoHonestly if you were able to live without a phone until now, living without Gmail (or what you call a mainstream email) is pretty easy. There are still plenty of email providers left and right that will allows you to subscribe without a phone number. You’ll probably have to pay though. What may be harder in this precise use case is getting a domain name (which is not mandatory but really helpful if you want to be able to switch providers easily) but I’m pretty sure you can still register domains with a landline number.
- nicolas_t 3y agoI've been maintaining my own mail server for almost 20 years. The thing though, I found that sometimes I end up needing to use one of the bigger email providers like gmail, apple mail, etc because otherwise my mail is classified as spam.