A great Parsha sheet we’ve quoted in the past, “Ner Leshulchan Shabbat”, quotes Rabbi Aaron Leib Steinman complaining the extra Tanach verses added to the “Bedtime Shema” make it too onerous, so many Jews don’t recite it at all. The pesukim mentioned in the Gemara for protection suffice, Rabbi Steinman concluded.
Why, we can also add other well-intentioned additions causing the same effect, at least to some degree. Such as in Tefillas Haderech, bentching after meals, and more. If Birkas Hachamah (assuming it should be said at all) wasn’t so rare, the same thing would happen there, too.
Don’t you think the Chasam Sofer, Chida, et alii could have predicted this result?!
So, you deny the facts?