How does one even create a new google account in $current_year without requiring phone verification or worse?

You could suck it up and do the phone number verification, it usually costs around $5 for a phone number.

Or you could go through the android phone sign-up process which doesn't require one. Buy a cheap android phone and keep resetting it and making a new account each time.

Or you could buy an account on the grey web from someone who already did this. Should be under $2.

If you are really into this you could become a phone company and own a whole block of phone numbers.

	▲	ranger_danger an hour ago \| parent [-]
		The whole point of avoiding the verification in my case is for privacy reasons... I don't want google or anyone else tracking what I do through the use of an account. > Or you could go through the android phone sign-up process which doesn't require one This is worse IMO because now the number is associated with that device forever. And unless I'm willing to risk my account to compromise from a future owner of the same number OR device, I must now keep both... forever. > grey web I don't want to give them my info either, nor have my account associated with sketchy individuals. > you could become a phone company I do own DID blocks but this is unhelpful because google's verification specifically requires SMS over real mobile numbers, and I'm not interested in becoming an MVNO or cellular carrier.