There's a lot of steps none of which is your fault it's just the way hive is setup.

Optimal would be a simple account creation that auto creates a hive key on the backend but the user doesn't realize it till they login to their account. It looks like this is a direction some of the newer programs are going for. It allows for quick easy account creation which then can lead them into how to use their wallet and vote with it etc later on.

I believe MINDS does something like this at the moment but it's been a while since I first joined. They call it off chain/on chain wallet.