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by cabbageicefruit 661 days ago
Open to everyone, but requires a computer. Has the definition of everyone changed?
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Equating participating in walled garden social platforms to simply having a computer is bleak
Can you explain the difference between creating an anonymous google account with fake information compared to an anonymous midjourney account with fake information?
Google accounts require a phone number. How do you reliably fake that internationally without risking your money on some shady service?
Creating fake accounts violates Google's terms of service.
Nonsense. Creating a throwaway account takes a couple of minutes.

What a strangely deranged view of the world some people have.

And a phone number in the case of both google and discord.

It is deranged that requiring a phone to access a website is seen as a non-issue, I agree.

Pretending that someone can’t use your software because they don’t want to create a login through your providers is idiotic.