Try telling that to: Discord, Microsoft, Facebook, Paypal, Google, or most any major US based service.
Your account will get pre-locked due to "reputational quality" immediately. Usually, they then demand photo ID, phone number or app, or some other onerous process.
If you need a VPN but dont want this "bad quality VPN smell", what you're looking for is a "residential IP VPN". Those look and smell like a Comcast IP, but are VPNs.
Oh I know, I run into this frequently. I was on a work trip not long ago and had my Uber and Lyft accounts locked because (a) I use then infrequently and (b) I always have a VPN on when traveling.
They aren’t requiring it though - they are just noting it on your profile. That seems like a very reasonable approach that lets the reader decide how much it matters.
