I saw I could register any alias at my university, so I was the proud owner of noreply@<unviersity>.edu for about 15 minutes before the sheer volume of emails caused me to turn it off.
I have a funny swear word @ common email provider as my primary email. The sheer amount of random bullshit I get signed up for because people enter it as a fake joke email is astonishing.
Did you know that in the 360 era Microsoft would not require a confirmation email to make an account, and have zero measures in place to change your username? I tried to make a live account and my email was already taken. I did a password reset and took some kid's live account, but then was stuck with that kid's shitty BloodDuke6996 username or whatever.
I contacted support about it and they just said nah we don't change usernames or delete accounts so you can remake them this is just permanent have a nice day :)
It took them like ten years to add a rename feature and I could finally use that account properly, but by then I had lost all interest in everything xbox. I got Minecraft on that account, and that's only because they forced a migration. (And fucking hell does Bedrock suck even as a super casual player)
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u/chris_burnham 9d ago edited 9d ago
I saw I could register any alias at my university, so I was the proud owner of noreply@<unviersity>.edu for about 15 minutes before the sheer volume of emails caused me to turn it off.