there are a few methods of obfuscating the movements of funds that do not sound like "mixers".. but if you read any of the "privacy"/"mixer" topics on this forum, you do not see much discussion about innovating new tools to bypass regulated lists. instead you see mixer operators screaming that everyone should use their service more..
Why we need to find a new tools if mixer is the best way?
Using a mixer and DEX are enough to make you stay private, except you're want to laundering your tainted coins where you need a sort of agreement.
just your statements alone show you dont know enough
just the term "mixer" is not a default status of privacy..
the term "mixer" has no min standards. many "cheap" "fast" mixers do not actually obfuscate pattern recognition. they just shuffle inflows in one reserve and outflows in other reserve. where pattern recognition software can link the inflows and outflows
a service just naming itself "mixer" already causes trigger warnings to analytics to look closer at their operation
operators of mixers that dont want to rebrand.. dont care/lazy/not providing an good system. they just want to get rich doing little effort
operators of obfuscation/mixer services need to actually do things beyond a min effort