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Mastodon allows you to transfer your followers when you migrate, so it's not a big deal if you change your mind about the first instance you had chosen.
You lost an average user at "instance", long before "transferring an account". It's a big deal.
That may be true for someone just looking to sign up with no help, but if they come across a guide or if their friend helps them, then it's easy.
So you agree with me. To succeed, a product shouldn't require a guide or a friend's help to install and configure it. I work in IT, yet I don't see people around me bothering with all that. Now think of your relatives, friends, people you see every day on the street or in a mall - they couldn't care less.
Well, entering Mastodon in the search bar of a search engine today shows that it's even easier than it was during the big Twitter exodus. The first link is mastodon.social. Clicking that lands you on a page where Create an account is highlighted in blue. From there, it's the standard signup process everyone is used to.
Edit: Rewrote the comment to focus on the actual flow today rather than anything speculative.
Transferring also means losing your post history, it all gets stuck on the instance you left behind.