Phone number required for making a Gmail/Google account

[Caribou]

It's been like this for a year now or two. I never submit my phone number on any site.

[Ad Bot]

[The Triangle Head]

in other news, deserts are dry!

[Georges]

What about people without phones? :o

[Greek2me]

You realize that there's a "Skip this step" button at the bottom and that you don't actually have to give it to them, right?