If DASH drops privacy from their transactions and follows AML/KYC more strongly in the future then I feel that a large advantage of DASH over other forms of electronic payment will have been removed.
What if i will say to you that DASH for now not good for anonimity for now? Their new anonime system which says that anonimity is nor mandatory for all (you are able don't mix your coins in your wallet) sucks against Monero and Zcash.
* Dash will never stop offering optional privacy .. period. Dash is and always will be a privacy-focussed cryptocurrency.
* Dash privacy has never been broken and is as good as Monero and Zcash, Dash just does it differently.
* Dash Evolution will bring different type of accounts for different kind of users. There will be a private account that will automatically and almost instantly mix your funds.
* AML/KYC rules are intended for the FIAT gateways (USD->Dash & EUR>Dash), not for cryptocurrencies itself.
* Dash Masternodes do not hold any funds (no FIAT & no Dash), they are servers that just function as full nodes and perform services for the network.