I don't see why both things can't coexist.
Suppose 1 million people use the darksend feature and only two people have it disabled.
I don't get how the million people will have LESS privacy if a few people walk around "naked".
Ofcourse the "naked" guys will not associate with the dark ones, and they will mutually shun each other. Naturally, but there is truly no reason why everybody should be forced to wear clothes.
If I understood the masternode system correctly, it is an additional infrastructure put on top of a normal BTC kind transaction system.
Use a different crypto? What if only darkcoin provides the price stability I am looking for? What if I like darkcoin simply for the reason that it has a stable price development?
Then you have free privacy, which you did not ask for but also did not pay for. You have not been disadvantaged. Strip naked at home:
Buy litecoin. LMAO. Always knew Ozzie was a main man. I am going to unleash that slogan a few days from now on people who FUDge (actually george is not trolling btw).