True. But, well, I supposed USD-to-BTC and BTC-to-USD services conceal this data to the extent recipient isn't aware of sender's address. This is usually not the case with "classic" services like bank-to-paypal-to-store chain (where PayPal requires you to identify and also would still provide a good insight of your identity to the store).

Also, I think there are coin mixers to avoid this.

OK, but it is actually possible to be extremely private with bitcoin if you want to.

If you use things like bitcoin mixers, or pay/sell bitcoin for cash, it can be extremely difficult for people to track you in a mass collection scenario.

People get away with buying drugs on the internet, or blackmailing people with ransomware all the time and most of them don't get caught.

Sure, if the government is sending black vans to your house to spy on everything you do, you are probably screwed no matter what you do.

But most situations aren't like that. And bitcoin fits the bill for being pretty darn anonymous if you actually go about it right.

But DASH does, and Bitcoin could to if they got their act together.