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[–] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Back in the old days, you could register an account without giving your phone number. Nowadays, pretty much all the big social medias won't let you register an account without a number. I guess that's not a big problem for people who don't care about privacy, but for me that's a total deal breaker. This means, that there's a huge barrier to entry.

[–] knexcar@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Yeah but who doesn’t have at least a cell phone these days (unless you’re making many accounts)? They’re useful for 2 factor authentication too.