You can use Claude through ddg if you were unaware. Not as private as self hosting, but better than giving up your phone number. duck.ai
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dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
Eww I just downloaded Claude for iOS and to sign up you need a phone number? No thanks.
skooma_king@lemm.ee 5 months ago
kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 5 months ago
Is that new? I signed up a while ago and it only ever took my email
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
Yeah it must be a new addition. Big sad.
kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 5 months ago
if i go to claude.ai their website still just asks for email on the homepage,
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
Hey thanks for this. I wonder if I can sign up on the website and then login to the app. I will try that at some point today.
Much appreciated you updating me on this.
Grimy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Huge pet peeve of mine as well. No one needs my phone number.
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
Yeah it’s just a non-starter for me. I already have to silence several calls a day as telecoms providers, UK at least, allow people to spoof their numbers. Like I want to give it to another company that’ll either sell it get breached and ends up out there anyway.
I don’t see this going away so might need to buy a burner phone just for receiving codes in the near future but it won’t be linked to me and it will not receive calls.