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I believe burners are still feasible, it's been several years since I've done it, but at least as far as I know trackphones let you buy them with cash, buy a card for service with cash. Some stores with policies try to comply with a law that never passed, but I'm pretty sure that option is still around. But yeah using other peoples phones, payphones etc... is always a possibility as well.
I honestly forgot that payphones still exist
I still remember the futurama episode where they find an actual phone booth, and respond "Oh wow, they put phones in booths now, that's amazing, now I don't have to carry this phone in my pocket all the time!"