Why is MixTum relevant? When I refer to mixers, I don't specifically refer to the one I carry in my signature. I refer to the best ones according to reputation, pricing, effectiveness and coinjoin or XMR.
This was just an example of one of many services. I'm not sure if other mixers differ much in prices for their services. Before that, there was whirlwind, which was cheaper than centralized exchanges, but it quickly turned into a scam.
So, pardon me, but the solution to this problem in your opinion is to buy the fucking verification and comply? All my life I dreamed of crypto as permissionless.
No, for now, you can use centralized services without verification. But now the time has come when mixer users are equated with scammers and criminals. Some of the clients use these mixers in order to preserve their privacy, but all kinds of analytical services still strive to equate all mixer users with scammers and criminals and censor their bitcoins that they used in these services.