I know this is tangential to this "campaign", but today I have been using well known comparison sites for motor insurance.  Most of them require a mobile phone number to be input before the quote can progress.  The field will not accept a landline number, not can it be left blank.  I do not use a mobile phone, but as a workaround used a friend's number, with their permission of course.  Why does it appear to be compulsory to use a mobile phone?  What do other people think?  Is this another thin end of another wedge?

So many things require a mobile phone nowadays, surprised you've got by without one. Maybe just get a cheap one just to use for verification and things?

Kennethben wrote on Sep 20^th, 2020 at 9:10am:


I think you will find the OP didn't suggest that.  Lots of people may possess a mobile phone but never use it.  It's possible as time goes on that the number of those people without a mobile at all will decrease.