I don't have a Hotmail account either, just another complication. Plus they want me to lower my level of security - and enable cookies.
One very serious complaint that I have is this. While making one of my many attempts to sign in, I decided to start afresh with a new account application. Before I could type in my email address, up popped the address of someone else with my ( rather unusual) surname. I know this man, but I did not know his email address. I do now!.
Worrying, no?