Zcash doesn't really qualify as a privacy coin at all though, since the majority of its transactions are sent without Z-Send active. This builds all sorts of patterns & metadata that can be analyzed, and will only become easier to look through as big tech & government catch up with blockchain tech.
I get the argument against the name, lots of people make it... but I also see a big argument for the name, given how big ThePirateBay is to this day.
Pop culture ruined the perception of the pirate.
I am probably going to get some because I like all ZK technologies in currencies.
I judge bitcoin maximalists harshly but then look at me go here being a Zcash maxi... arguably we can blame wallet Developers for even allowing the tea address. They could develop wallets that did not use the T address and forced z address use.
You have a valid point.