>>60830456
>As a user, I don't really care what tool solves my need for privacy.

If you're the "XMR or ZEC or CoinJoin, whatever, its all the same, any privacy tool will do" type you don't really care about your privacy.

Monero has by far the largest user base and therefore the largest potential anonymity set. Not to mention it is by far the most battle-tested privacy coin in existence. You can't just conjure that kind of resume out of thin air.
>If monero dies, something else with a better incentive strategy will replace it.

lol like a pure profit incentive? Such miners are mercenaries that are easily bribed, a higher bid will turn them against the network.

Which was precisely the aim of the failed Pubic attack. Now imagine a hostile govt doing the same but offering 10x the block reward.
>Asking to mine for free (actually, to spend money on mining) is hilarious.

Then don't mine and you'll end up without a trustworthy, battle-tested tool worth using.

If you have a stake in Monero being there when you need it, you'll mine even at an acceptable loss when the network needs help.
>>60830627
>Proof of work mechanism relies on financial incentivization of its miners. Don't talk to me about altruism and "in-tangible benefits".

Cool, lemme know when you've figured out how we can convince financially incentivized miners to remain loyal when they stand to make more money attacking rather than defending the network.