I still think it's wrong that HN needs my email address to delete accounts and comments, but yes I finally broke down and did this their way.
I'll miss the good parts of this community, but the selective moderation and toxic flag-or-downvote-truths-i-dont-like-instead-of-discuss-them parts of the community have ruined this site for me.
I agree with everyone that it should be a completely unnecessary product, but I don't feel that it is excessively expensive for what it does.