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On the other hand, I love how apple lets me use a visa gift card purchased in cash at the local convenience store. When trying to pay for a VPN service anywhere but the app, they reject the card, but Apple let me use it to purchase the subscription.

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I once wanted to buy Minecraft but it wouldn't take a prepaid card, not through paypal either, but paying another paypal with my paypal then using the 2nd paypal with the balance worked. I wonder if that "exploit" is still around and why it was ever necessary.

How did you get the phone number you used to create the Apple ID? Mint?

Unless something has changed in the past year since the last time I've made an Apple ID, they don't verify the phone number. For 2FA, you can also give it an email address. And I'm almost certain I've used a Google Voice number with an Apple ID before with no qualms.

For at least a year creating a new Apple ID requires verifying the phone number by providing Apple with an integer code sent to the number.

Getting a Google Voice number requires a Google account. Creating a Google account requires a phone number (which you must maintain access to, because they will periodically reverify it).

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