Because Warmshowers membership is $30, once and if they mentioned their service (with a tiny fraction of the users and sites) costs $100/year up front, even mor

Because Warmshowers membership is $30, once and if they mentioned their service (with a tiny fraction of the users and sites) costs $100/year up front, even more people would leave. It's all about delaying the unpopular bit as much as possible so people sigh and go "well I'm already most of the way through setting up an account..."