Because it's a massive liability for people to know how much money you have. Not just from people extorting you with violence, but also social expectations and business adversaries. The more information people know, the more that can be figured out. This means, what could be considered as unanimous could be considered transparent in the future when the chain analysis gets more information.  

 Sure, you can if you know what you're doing...but not anywhere to the same degree or simplicity as just hitting the send button on Monero. 

Bitcoin privacy is a major barrier to most users. 

 Yes. So like I said : Why does it need to become easier to use bitcoin in a more private way. 

 Sorry, I think I misread your original reply