OH MAN.<p>No, no, no.<p>This is like saying, &quot;Nobody is FORCING you to have a mailing address, if you don&#x27;t like the Postal Service, just don&#x27;t have an address!&quot;<p>Sure, you <i>CAN</i> do so, but if you do, you forego significant opportunities and can&#x27;t make use of critical infrastructure if you do- and indeed in that example, there are places it literally <i>is illegal</i> not to have an address.  Facebook is approaching <i>that level</i> of ubiquity and &#x27;expectedness&#x27; in the U.S., at least.<p>Please, please, please don&#x27;t try to enforce the &#x27;take it or leave it&#x27; mentality for ubiquitous software services.  It is every person&#x27;s right, privilege, and <i>DUTY</i> to complain vociferously when companies are stupid and implement stupid rules-  hopefully resulting in the clarifying, changing, or removing of said stupid rules.