Not everyone in this industry has the luxury of being able to screen clients or ask for deposits.Us wanting to be able to have a way to identify clients to deter clients from harming us. The methods aren't guaranteed to work, but they it definitely helps deter abusive clients from booking by requiring real either real phone numbers, deposits, references, IDs etc
Yourself and @sweetiepieexo are on opposite ends of the spectrum in this regard.
What sucks is that you do have individuals who will scam guys by taking E-transfers with no intent of providing any service, which then messes things up for legit providers such as yourself.