How the fuck they decide what is a burner vs a phone owned by people who don't like getting raped by the likes of AT&T is beyond me.
Edit: Per suggestion below, one option is textverified.com. I have verified this works. You can pay with crypto. As little as 75c
I miss the days when we walked over to talk to people or called them on the phone. When get togethers were via mail or word of mouth.
I certainly don't miss the days of having nobody sharing niche interests and having nobody to talk about them with.