Of the few people using rooted phones to begin with, there's even fewer that don't know what they're doing.

Much more likely is this is a decision to get in line with the well documented and rapidly spreading surveillance laws of the past few years.

> But we shouldn't force everyone to make the choices that are best for the people with the least comprehension of what they're doing.

You are acting like it's easy to accidentally root your phone

Actually, you don't even have to make a new account. You can delete your account and make it again reusing the same email.

I did this on accident once because I left the service and decided to come back, and was surprised to get a free tier again. I sent them an email letting them know that was a bug, but they never responded.

I paid for a month of access just to be cautious, even though I wasn't using it much. I don't understand why they don't fix this.