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As a scientist, I would be cautious of inferring the reason and beating ourselves up for it until we have crystal clear proof that that is the specific thing that's turning people away.
I don't think we need a full-on study to show that an additional barrier to entry hurts adoption.
It's no different than signing up for an email account
Email? Do you mean Gmail?
And you don't see that as a problem for most users?
Not that one thing alone, obviously. But it's a big part of it.
We can call it a hypothesis if that helps.