1. I don't see how this is a violation of privacy. If you're a privacy advocate you are very likely going to have a service like Proton that let's you create throwaway email addresses.

2. I value keeping our content out of the hands of AI training data. Gates like that help prevent scrapers from stealing our content.

3. I'd say more than half our content is 100% free with no subscription wall anyway.

If you don't like it, don't sign up for it. But dont pretend that it's a violation of your privacy. It's not. Lol