This is my old account that I just logged in today. Just joined a server and Discord asked for email verification. Okay, that’s not hard, thankfully Discord doesn’t restrict email to only big providers. But then suddenly DIscord asked to verify by phone number, because “something is out of ordinary”. What’s out of ordinary from that??? Joining a server > Discord asks to verify > I verify.
I was losing my mind seeing people suggesting moving to Discord when Rexxit happened. Like WTF, it’s even worse than Reddit. Non-indexable content, worse privacy, needing account just to access the said content, etc.
I really hate how services nowadays require your phone number just to use their service. Unfortunately most people just don’t care of privacy, thanks to “I have nothing to hide” mindset.
I just use websites which provide temporary phone numbers (for free) for the purposes of phone verification. I don’t remember if Discord in particular requires use of 2FA, but this works for sites which do not do that. Even those with 1 account limit per phone number can be circumvented this way if you care enough to spend the time trying a hundred different numbers.
Depends, have you noticed some services reject the phone numbers from the free temporary numbers pages a lot?
I’ve noticed this constantly, they will either flat out ban VOIP numbers (which is usually what these free services use) and/or the number will already be used up for the service you want to use. Paid number services are the only things i’ve ever personally gotten to work.