I'm having some real difficulty interacting with Normies. I'm trying to join a call here that someone started using Google Meets.

But apparently I can't join on an anonymous basis and I need to have a Google account. And in order to have a Google account, not only do I need email, but I also need to provide a telephone number for an SMS. Now suffice it to say there's no way I'm going to give my telephone number to Google.

ESIM providers like silent.link use phone numbers that aren't accepted by Google (I know I tried three different SMS services).

Anyone have any good suggestions on how I can create an anonymous Google account nowadays?