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by hitpointdrew 1179 days ago
I think the point is NOT to identify users, but only to not have spam/bots. Unless it’s a paid service, users should not have to identify themselves. You can keep out bots with CAPTCHA.
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Users should not have to identify themselves regardless of the service being paid or free. Because stopping spam and bots is possible without requiring the user to provide an email or a phone number.

Nobody cares about anything.

How do you purpose Netflix, Salseforce, etc. charge their clients if they don’t even know who their clients are?

Please don’t say crypto.

How do you propose password resets work without an email address or phone number?
Could use Sign In With Ethereum using a social recovery wallet but I don't think all the pieces are ready yet.