People, Joe and Jill Public, don't want cryptonote. They might go for another alt, but it will be easy to use and they will want to be able to track their money and to prove it to the authorities.
The account software in XMR will do all the bookkeeping for you, just print is out for taxes. No sweat.
There is very little reason not to use CryptoNote. It does exactly what you want money to do.
Is "Fear of the state" supposed to be a good thing?
There should not be fear with Monero.
You can prove you have paid Ceasar its due.
And your competitor can not see your business.