"Also, it seems that you are confused about the point of the account claim process like I was. The account claim process was not really created for anyone but steemit. Steemit didn't want to keep burning Steem when they created users so they came up with the account token feature that allows them to burn RC instead of actual STEEM"

I was under the understand STEEM was not burned on creation of accounts prior to the HF, however the fee of 3 steem was transfered to the new users account. Now one can purchase an account for the fee and the 3 steem is burned. Or one can use RC to claim tokens.

I have to disagree on the need for steemit inc to play such a big role, yes they can do all those thing you have suggested, but what other decentralized blockchains rely on a sole entity for wallet creation? Why do we want steemit inc to create all the accounts, cos they have more steem than us? other than that I don't see a valid reason. When steem hits its all-time low when can it to moral and stuff, I think it was generally agreed that one entity having such control was effectively a weak link. If we had more 'others' creating wallets we would have a greater degree of separation between steem and steemit.