MetaMask

Raised as a usability problem by 7 people on Hacker News over 8 years (2018–2025), in 7 threads.

People raised many different problems with MetaMask, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 7 complaints

Hard to use; grandma would struggle and could lose funds2025-07-21
Users can't tell if a wallet is set up or connected, and connect buttons barely work2022-01-25
Wallet login is a practical hurdle for users of Web3 sites2021-12-29
User can't tell what's happening behind the wallet interface2021-09-08
Wallet UX is so bad that non-technical people like the commenter's father would struggle2021-06-11
Crypto wallets have UI/UX problems that the commenter says are being solved2020-08-22
Websites show a loud error demanding MetaMask install, blocking the button until installed2018-01-25