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Google's practice of requiring Gmail addresses for user accounts is illegal, according to a German court ruling. The parent company of GMX and Web.de (Ionos) had filed a lawsuit. (www.zdfheute.de)
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[–] Scoopta@programming.dev 5 points 3 days ago

You definitely can do this. Unless this is an extremely recent change or only done outside the US