You can't give it a throwaway email address - they want your phone number now and will accept nothing less in my experience.

If that doesn't appear true for you, try over Tor and you'll see what happens to many people...

I am surprised to see a long thread about nothing. Google does force you to give them your phone number and they do not let you register new emails after you hit some limit.

I just tried creating a new account from a VPN, using a browser that I haven't used to log into Google previously. It allowed me to create a new account without a backup phone or email, and allowed me to send an email.

How does Google know you've hit a limit when you've registered new emails? And, not to belabor the point, but why should they be expected to give you unlimited number of free accounts -- or, what service do you recommend that will be that generous?

I mean they could accept my cash instead of offering a service paid for with your information.

Oh that’s right, they’ll never give the consumer power over their data because that’s google’s entire value proposition.

So, don't use google, and run your own DNS that returns 0.0.0.0 for all google tlds. I mean, I'm all about having some responsibility at the corporate level, and people working for companies showing ethics.

But this is just cringe worthy. How do you propose getting your cash to said company? I mean, most methods will leak personal information the company could then use anyway.

The moment you try to login from another location, they will lock you out and ask you to enter a phone number, which from that point forward will be tied to your account.

I am not 100% whether they use geolocation, or just trigger this when your new IP doesn't match the last IP you logged in with.