No, but it does help your personal information being revealed if you cant find another way around
I haven't been prompted to give a phone # yet, I just log in and use it. They take my money and I receive the product
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It’s the first thing it asks me and I would pay happily but don’t want to give them any numbers :(
Damn
If you can't get around it, my I recommend smspool.net
They accept lightning for account verification like Claude. I used one for Telegram & Signal lately; worked great. Cost ~$0.30 or so
Hope you can get around it
Just yesterday I tested Claude using the free numbers at https://www.textverified.com