The running platform was making empathetic people angry; small scale protests are a badge of honor and large scale protests are a mild annoyance to be dealt with however they deem fit.
The few times I've used shell for programming it was in strict work environments where anything compiled was not allowed without a ton of red tape.
That's what I do. Anytime I need to sign up for something with an email I do:companyname@mydomain.com
Snooze blend.