Sad to see this old thread nearly dead.
I sustain it was (nearly) killed more by the anti-maxi hoard and "the state" than by anything wrong with Monero.
Bottom line though has not yet changed. Bitcoin is evolving to be the thing Satoshi meant for it to be.
Monero still points the way in areas Bitcoin has fallen short.
Both will exist for some time.
Eventually? Tech built on Bitcoin could rival Monero's privacy advantage?
Until then...

Oh.. I forgot to mention... somehow XMR hashrate seems to be organically climbing to all time highs? Perhaps?

With how mainstream btc has gotten I doubt they would add any additional privacy features to appease all the kyc exchanges/governmental agencies; however even if they did, I would imagine Monero still has features that make it totally unique to Bitcoin like dynamic block sizes, tail emissions, etc.