I'm glad I'm not alone in this. It is a bit sad to see so many crypto bros cheering for multi-trillion dollar asset management companies like BlackRock wanting to be able to speculate on BTC through futures markets and ETFs.
On some level BTC will always be free to use, but if tx fees get too high it will probably only be usable on something like the Lightning Network, which will eventually have centralized nodes owned by massive banks and corporate players, all requiring KYC to use.