You are absolutely right.  When it comes down to it the people have control.  If we start using it as a currency then Bitcoin is a currency.  From that perspective we can only blame ourselves but most people are uneducated about Bitcoin and believe what they hear and see on the television and Internet.  This means that the majority will act based on what the media(banks) tell them to think. Example: Bitcoin is used by criminals, Bitcoin is unsafe, Buy an ETF because it is simple and you get exposure to Bitcoin, only scammers like SBF are involved in crypto...

The message put out by the media is what the masses tend to adopt and if the institutions control the media and the code what hope does it have?