Cardano is ridiculously overhyped and overpriced, compared to other coins.
It's a hard fact that there's no working product here. The marketing is terrible and most of the people buying it have no idea why they're buying it.
“You have to understand that privacy is a spectrum, and also, it is one that carries considerable regulatory discussion. For example, Japan just announced that they’re probably going to de-list all the privacy coins. So if we wish to be in the Japanese markets and we were to embrace Monero-style privacy, there’s a very low probability that Japanese exchanges will list Ada, which is a high priority for us.”
If I consider privacy as an important asset, then I would rather choose Monero over Cardano since the former has higher level of transparency and has a higher userbase with brains.
The devs of Cardano are trying to pull a stunt here.