You can buy reasonably cheap 'pay as you go' type phones to verify with. Depending on where you're at, what you do is buy one phone that takes sims and then buy a sim and put minutes on it for the number.
This'll keep you from linking your main email and phone, not like from legal persecution. I think you still have to register or attach a card or whatever.
Oh that wasn't a requirement when I made mine, and I have mine linked to my phone. But like JoeByeThem said, you can get a prepaid phone. Though I guess if you lose the phone number by not keeping it active, somebody could steal the account.
Doesn't gmail require your phone number?
You can buy reasonably cheap 'pay as you go' type phones to verify with. Depending on where you're at, what you do is buy one phone that takes sims and then buy a sim and put minutes on it for the number.
This'll keep you from linking your main email and phone, not like from legal persecution. I think you still have to register or attach a card or whatever.
Oh that wasn't a requirement when I made mine, and I have mine linked to my phone. But like JoeByeThem said, you can get a prepaid phone. Though I guess if you lose the phone number by not keeping it active, somebody could steal the account.
Does youtube require your email to be gmail?
You can use other email providers to make a google/youtube account!
e: on second thought I'm not actually sure that doesn't still require a phone number