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Signal Will Let You Sign Up Without a Phone Number — For $3
itsfoss.com/news/signal-numberless-registration/Replying to @Crumpled6273@lemmy.ca
From the official announcement
Can I buy an account on a device that has no Play Services?
Not yet. We have plans to add more payment methods, but currently only offer Play Store in-app payments, which requires Play Services.
Ok so given how long it took them to allow an alternative to phone numbers, it will probably be at least 5 years before you can pay using a de-googled phone. I really don’t understand what’s so hard for them to accept crypto, they already do for donations. Smells like government involvement.
Replying to @hirihit640@sh.itjust.works
That’s shitty, they have some cryptocoin don’t they? Sure it’s not great but if you exchange from some other currency and pay fast there’s not much risk
Replying to @Hiro8811@lemmy.world
Yup they have their own crypto but they won’t accept it for creating accounts.
if you exchange from some other currency
Exactly. I can see why they probably won’t accept Monero for regulatory reasons, but just accept bitcoin so I can use a swap and pay with my monero
Replying to @hirihit640@sh.itjust.works
Seriously, if the point is to just have some monetary cost, why not just accept it as a bit of crypto?
Replying to @isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Because setting up crypto portals at scale, and most importantly so they can’t easily be hacked and drained or used for money laundering, is not a simple matter.