I wanted to buy something second-hand. Unfortunately, Facebook Marketplace is the shit where I live. So I thought I could quickly register, contact the seller, and delete my account afterwards.

However, I refuse to participate in this insanity. Video selfie my ass, Facebook.

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    You can scroll around a tiny bit vefore you are forced to make an account. This is good because it prevents new joiners.

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      Not on mobile I couldn’t. Full screen prompt for my phone number. No way out but to put it in or just close it.

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        I cant view any of the info on events that use facebook since it blocks me after 1 page change and a bit of scroll on phone either.

        I am shocked and apalled that there exist extentions that allow you to scrub ads from youtube but nobody has figured out how to access facebook without an account.

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          I’d imagine it’s far more difficult (and possibly illegal) to forcibly gain access to a website that denies access until you log in or register. Maybe there could be an extension that creates throwaway accounts for you to use, but I’m not aware of any myself.

          I wonder if it’s possible to register a VOIP number for free and use it for Facebook. I haven’t tried it myself.

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              I truly don’t know either way, but it would be laughable of them if the only thing that blocks unregistered users from loading more content is a pop-up. I’ve gotten through forced pop-ups with uBlock’s block element tool in the past.

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                Well, we are talking about a company that can’t make desktop messenger show message requests…