There's no law in most countries that determines whether or not cryptocurrency is legal. I think most crypto users just don't wanna be haunted by their past (for being a crypto user) once there's finally a law about it. Currently there's no law that says we have to disclose all of our crypto earnings and by the time that comes, you obviously want to stay as low-key as you can and put as little number as possible because otherwise it might raise suspicions. True that we don't do anything illegal in here but it's much better to play safe. Plus, there's just no explanation as to why KYC should be necessary in participating in a particular ICO. They really have nothing to do with our data anyway other than determining basic information like age, gender, ethnicity, etc.
Also, those that you have mentioned have nothing to do with cryptocurrency at all. All of them are being used by almost everybody.
I was just trying to point out the discrepancy between caring so much about data abuse from a kyc, but using other services (yes, which have nothing to do with crypto) so blindly. And as u say, almost everybody use those services.
Popular project =/= Legit Project =/= A project that will give you earnings. You can simply not participate in it. It depends on you which is more important, revealing your identity or participating in a project that may or may not turn out to be a scam and may or may not work out.
I totally agree, and I am not pro kyc per se, i just think an ICO has also the right to determine if they want to know who is investing in their project (irrespective of scams), especially if they establish their business in locations where it's already possible to act fully compliant with existing or new regulations.