I count myself among the privacy freaks. As I said, I use Monero myself.

But the point is - using Monero is more about signaling. "I am among you". It's no more private than lightning which is more widely adopted. But by using Monero, you show that privacy is important for you. That you are a privacy freak.

Another thing is that privacy is not normal. Normies don't want it. Certainly not if it causes them any inconvenience. That's why we are privacy freaks.

Monero is like wearing a privacy country club cap or polo shirt. We use it more to show off than for practical reasons.