Notion's poor onboarding and unreliable undo drives early user abandonment
New Notion users face a steep, unguided learning curve with no structured onboarding flow, and when mistakes happen the undo function is greyed out or missing version history, causing accidental data loss. This combination creates intense frustration for paying users who feel they cannot safely explore the product. The structural failure in onboarding design drives early churn.
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