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Signal Will Let You Sign Up Without a Phone Number — For $3 (itsfoss.com)
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[–] Human_Slop@feddit.nu 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Signals reliance on phone numbers is my biggest problem with it. I don’t understand why they can’t move away from them entirely.

[–] mattyroses@lemmy.today 12 points 14 hours ago

You need something to limit spammers using the service to sign up a million accounts

[–] mysteryhumpf@feddit.org 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

You can already today share a username instead of a phone number, this is just extra for signup.

[–] Human_Slop@feddit.nu 4 points 14 hours ago

Still need a phone number to sign up though, or pay.