because its convenient, and most people who are exposed to cryptocurrencies dont have the technical knowledge to do it on their own. im in the official ethereu

because its convenient, and most people who are exposed to cryptocurrencies dont have the technical knowledge to do it on their own. im in the official ethereum gitter and every day at least one person comes in saying something along the lines of "hello i have just poured half my life savings into this, my money is gone but my eth is not in my wallet please help" - only for some semi-official support guy to tell them that if they screw up, their money is gone. then there are the people who make transactions in the tens of eth (thousands of dollars) to the wrong address, then begging on etherscan for the owner of that address to send their eth back. crypto is in such an infantile state that even most "software engineers" shouldnt get anywhere near it on their own.