.....Often actual Monero devs have wasted their time posting on this very thread. Deep down I think it is based on insecurity, their faith in cryptology and their feelings of superiority are undermined by economic forces they don't comprehend.
The fundamentals and code of Monero are addressing important issues, and its proponents have many good points. However none of us can predict, with any certainty, precisely which properties are going to be required in the cryptocurrency/ies which may attain widespread global adoption.
More privacy always comes at the price of less transparency. I would guess a mixture of both would be desirable, with a large degree of flexibility of choice by the user.
Economic forces contain many unknowns, so it would be wise to remain agnostic as the ecosystem develops.