As the tittle sais, i was trying to create an instagram account and it is not possible without a phone number. Same with discord. Obviously i dont want to provide mine. Any working solutions to bypass this? not looking for alternative private service, i already use them.
Damn, is it really like that now? I created my accounts for IG, Google, Discord, years ago and without a number. I refuse to provide it when they ask now and never had an issue.
Lately IG won't even let me log in wihout confirming my phone number so I've just stopped using it.
Same here, even worst if they detect you are using a VPN, they tag the account directly. This is the main issue in all services nowadays
Discord can outright block you from using it if it decides to ask to connect a phone number post-registration.
No they don't. Lol. I've been using my discord for years without a number.
I didn't say they always do it. I said they can, and they do sometimes. Happened to a close friend of mine after she logged in via Ripcord, though it may be unrelated.
Has more to do with using a third-party client then, which they don't like
We can only speculate. Many have used those without issues for years.
And many didn't, including myself. Never did anything that violates their terms before, but one day after I started trying out alternative clients, access to my account got terminated.
That was two years ago though, I've heard they're a bit less strict now.
Third party client. That's why. It's to combat spam and bots.
Yep it is very aggressive nowadays, simple services asking for sensitive information.