Accounts can be bought through Blocktrades also for 2 Steem so no need to worry about phone numbers and what not. I created an account for my kids that way. Unfortunately whenever $$ is involved there is always a greed factor that come into play. People will destroy a system that once was prosperous all due to their greed.
Between the multi account holders self jerking and bidbots out of control Steemit needs some changes. I am by no means the savior to these issues but these couple things are creating a lot of problems on the platform.
Do work fellow minnow👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻