How many BTC users actually care about privacy?
Not enough.
People usually care about things only when they are affected personally or when someone knocks on their door.
All movement in world today is to abolish all form of privacy and make everything into ''Big Brother'' reality when you are constantly recorded and tracked 24/7.
I don't think that majority of people wants this, even if they are bribed with free stuff along the way.
If you are going to use a big exchange in the future then you will need KYC. The only other way to get BTC will be on the black market. Would that put you off?
Black markets or FREE markets existed long before Bitcoin ever existed, and they are impossible to stop, just like Bitcoin or torrents.
Government regulators may try to add more rules and regulations but they are only valid if people abide and live by them, so majority of people should just refuse them and change their governments, it's simple as that.
There is always going to be P2P trading and some form of decentralized exchanges and trading, so I really don't care so much what big centralized exchanges are doing.
It's more important what we as the people are doing.