u/Capable_Friend_7729

i am really frustrated. I need to talk about this. now i have been having a lot of problem with phone verification. I want to know if I am one who thinks this is a problem. Is phone verification really need for every sign up?

I get why phone verification is there. Why is it still a problem in 2026? I just want to try a tool but now I have to give out my phone number every time. It is getting really old. This is especially true for apps that do not even need that much security.

It look like we are all used to phone verification by now. Should we be used to it? Is there not a way to check who the users are without needing a phone number all the time?

I feel the way about phone verification. Is checking a phone number something you do all the time now? We should be looking for a way to do phone verification. Do we really have to check a phone number every time we sign up for something?

This happens to me a lot. I am not sure if it is just me.

Every time I try a tool or sign up for something i get blocked by phone verification.

I get why phone verification exists. Sometimes it look like phone verification is not really necessary especially for smaller tools.

When i have to do phone verification it really gets on my nerves.

I just want to try something out.

I do not want to give out my number all the time or have to sign up more than once.

I kept running into phone verification. So i started thinking that phone verification might be an issue.

I am thinking about making something to make phone verification easier or more flexible for people who do not want to use their number every time.

I am not sure if phone verification is a problem that needs to be fixed or if phone verification is just a little annoying.

Do you have to deal with phone verification a lot?

What do you usually do to verify your phone? I would like to hear your thinks before I go further.