Although he doesn't present the tradeoffs in a good way

I do appreciate STN calling attention to the inherently difficult task of concealing data that appears publicly on a blockchain.

and yes

FCMP fixes most of this.

in the meantime you can churn your XMR a hop or two (randomly!).

and use proxies/ephemeral nodes on LN to improve your privacy.

on a side note,

FCMP and other protocol upgrades are only possible AT ALL

because the culture around the project will accept a hard fork.

so.

maxis can suck it.