The gift is still there, it is up to users to accept this gift or prefer less privacy for their own usability preferences. Even for the fiat/bank gateway one can still use mixers, new private key etc. It was\is always about the freedom of choice for the user and not about mandatory anonymity of the system.
Indeed. We can all envisage situations where speed and security actually take preference over privacy and anonymity. As seen in the Changing threats to privacy video I shared above, the key is user choice.
However, Person-to-Person transactions within four walls will always be more private than using the internet.
Consider this, do you actually even need the internet (active) to transact with Bitcoin?
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https://youtu.be/hwohadcUv4A