Being a non monero user, I am not anti it. I believe whole heartedly in the potential of btc. I am also very privacy aware. As you refer say, privacy is a spectrum. Use case and threat level is akin to (I apologise for this in advance) TA and risk management.

I use lightning. I use my own node,over tor. This is reasonably private for my needs. Again, if some determined, clever individual was to disect my transactions, there is a possibility of tracing me. It is small. The channel opening tx, less so but if that isn't closed...

What I just said is also possibly true of Monero. I'm not qualified to argue the case against it, so monero Maxi's, don't try to blow me out of the water. All I will say is someone, some day, may crack it.

I am not a fan, at all, of shitcoin. Do I consider Monero a shitcoin? On the surface, yes. In depth, I see a use case. An oxymoron but that isn't the first time someone has called me that.