Yesterday I was forced to enter phone number for first time for "login verification". I didn't request any 2FA. They also made it clear they would save the number. Alternative was not logging in. Probably a A/B testing attempt.
Android is over (with the next major version there will be no sideloading). And with all those new feeling-based laws, "hate speech" and snitch sites (Meldestellen) the internet is basically over (or you need legal protection insurance and loads of free time).
The Internet will die off, just like TV, BTX, mail boxes, BBSes, and all the stuff before.
I did adjust my hobbies and passions accordingly, I have now a workshop and a garden.
I decided to use appliances (for example feature phone and Garmin navigation system and reMarkable) and real services (bank clerk in an actual bank).
A smartphone is a spy device, a ad screen, and a single point of failure.
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I really don't want to spread gloom here but last 15 years felt like stripping down anonymity by both law and social engineering. And now we're facing even more direct online verification under the classic pretense of "think of the children". The Wild West period of the Internet is over and what soon will arrive should concern us all.
If 5GB users don't have to enter phone, then I think they will not be able to stop unlimited usage anyway.