I am pretty sure people who value anonymity would be willing to jump through hoops.
You entirely miss the point that if the n00bs think they are protected, then later are attacked or told they are not, they will run the government's coin and good riddence to that horrible mistake they made to trust.
Don't go fucking around. This is why i am a developer of mass adopted software and you are not.
There is a corollary to this. Adoption and usage is important for privacy. What good are ring signatures if there are too few folks in the rings. Tor had this issue, and it was one of the reasons cited for making it public rather than keeping it only US Navy.
...and so I would suggest that the fewer hoops the better.
Also each hoop is a potential tripping point where privacy can be lost.
TFM often expresses (expressed?) important points poorly. I get the impression that he thinks much faster than he types and being frustrated by that, takes it out on us, lol.