"Crypto" is just a means to an end. The goal is to have sound money*, the "crypto" in cryptocurrency is just a tool which proves ownership of a wallet or virtual token. There is nothing that says we cannot use other forms of proof.
"Educate yourself and don't get your keys stolen" is a response that could easily have been made against the original account recovery system, yet I know from experience that has provided enormous value in recovering Hive accounts for less technical users.
Users are important. We can't be a mainstream network if ordinary people can't use it. Money only has value if you can give it to pretty much anyone for any purpose, and the same is largely true of social media. If you can only give it to the crypto-technically literate, it's not much value to you in your day to day life. We should be removing the barriers that are preventing us from going mainstream.
* or a censorship resistant social media / application platform network