I was constantly dealing with spammers/competitors creating accounts just to burn through my server resources and AI credits. At first I tried blocking temporary email domains. It worked for a while, but every couple of days a new disposable email provider would pop up and I’d be back to updating my blocklist. It became a never ending game of whack a mole. Eventually I switched to a $1 trial checkout instead. The interesting part is that the payment itself wasn’t the main benefit. The check...