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As a long-time OpenAI user, I almost registered for Claude yesterday. Got the email, clicked the link... And saw the mandatory phone number field. And turned
by lynx23 2y ago
As a long-time OpenAI user, I almost registered for Claude yesterday. Got the email, clicked the link... And saw the mandatory phone number field. And turned around and closed the window.
- slt2021 2y agoyou are missing a more superior product (as far as coding related)
- lynx23 2y agoIf you're trying to say that you think Cluade does a better job coding, I've heard that already. And that was why I almost registered. But shady is shady is shady, so no, thanks. I can wait.
- slt2021 2y agono worries, scammers and hackers already got your phone number, address, and SSN from t-mobile, Verizon, and at&t customer data breaches, and from one of the customer data mining vendors like LexisNexis.
- lynx23 2y agoAhh, the "no need to be careful, the world is fucked anyways" argument. Whenever someone comes at me with this one, I seriously doubt their sincerity.
- slt2021 2y agoyes, you are missing on a better product without even gaining any privacy benefit, if you consider phone number as sensitive. you could registered with synthetic phone number (google phone) without compromising privacy, if you were that serious about privacy
- lynx23 2y agoAnthropic could also NOT prompt for a phone number if they were so serious about getting their product established. But its much better to shame potential customers by claiming their privacy incentives are just wrong...
- saaaaaam 2y agoNot trying to be provocative, but what’s shady about asking for a phone number?
- simonw 2y agoI’m pretty sure the phone number requirement is there to make it harder for people to create multiple accounts in order to take advantage of their free tier. It’s harder to obtain multiple phone numbers than it is to obtain multiple email addresses.
- okasaki 2y agoBut openai also asks for a phone number?