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Considering every crypto exchange nowadays has KYC, it's not that much better.
No need to use an exchange.
you can just not use them, there's still plenty of individuals willing to trade crypto for cash on decentralized marketplaces. You don't have to use the big exchanges just because they are big you know?
They could choose to just not use crypto and shut the fuck up…
Or..
They could lose their entire goddamn minds over nothing because they haven’t touched grass or a vagina in 45 years.
Actually, there's still stuff like localmonero and bisq which were non-KYC when I last checked, but your point still stands.
Retoswap, LocalMonero, and Bisq dont