captcha's are ultimately a way to reduce costs associated with running a service. If we didn't require captcha's to create accounts and login, the forum would need to invest more resources in anti-spam moderation, and in recovering hacked accounts.
Yeah, I understand the need for them, I just wish there was a better way to go about it. I'm generally not a fan of punishing normal users, because of the minority. Although, it might be the case that spammers/malicious users might just be the majority of the users registering these days. I wouldn't change it currently, I'm just hoping someone can come up with a better way than the captcha's. I'm particularly not a fan of Google's service, since I try to avoid Google as much as possible, however I'll also admit they're simply the best, and no other service really compares with them.
So, don't get me wrong. I understand they're a requirement for any website these days, I'm just not a fan of the systems, and ideally I'd like to see some new ideas thrown around, that could ultimately end up replacing them or potentially just a competitor to Google's.
I've personally had to implement captcha's for the benefit of myself, and begrudgingly that was also Google's reCAPTCHA, since at the time of me comparing, and testing a few it was leaps, and bounds better. Ultimately, that's why we've become so reliant on Google services though, they are generally better than the competitors.
