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.

  • reboot6675
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    1 year ago

    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.

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        1 year ago

        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

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      1 year ago

      Discord can outright block you from using it if it decides to ask to connect a phone number post-registration.

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          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.

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                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.