I totally agree that we need to improve the onboarding, but I simply don't think that embedding a signer everywhere is the solution.
The most likely scenario is that the user will log in using any recommended client, then as soon as they want to explore the ecosystem, they will discover that pasting the nsec everywhere is not sane and will therefore download a “profile manager” (or signer) to manage the different accesses.
Of course, they can also start with the latter app, provided they are properly informed from the very beginning.
PS: for "companion service" I mean something that will allow existentnpubs to create FROST bunkers.
PSS: a website, apart from having a larger attack surface, is more immediately accessible, on every platform, and can be more easily assessed in terms of reliability (through domain).
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using a third party application or website to do this is just not something your average person is going to do.
the other stuff of nostr, things that are vastly websites, are barely used today. most people don't want to use extensions and signers. and many don't want to leave their current app.
for example, people stopped using nostr nests because i required them to sign in to nostr. it was too difficult to use an extension or a bunker. many people just do not use them or understand them. that blew my mind. and that's experienced users!
explaining this to new users when onboarding them is even worse! telling them about the other stuff and how they shouldn't enter their nsec, that they need a third party application, it's literally a death sentence. i see it in their faces. they think it's cool, but in practice, it's too new and too difficult.
referring to a dedicated application as a profile manager application is a nice touch. it should manage the user's profile and the user's profile permissions to sign events. and from there the application should recommmend other applications to use.
but im telling you, telling someone to go download a profile manager to continue exploring the ecosystem is part of the issue we have today with extensions and bunkers.