"properly" is doing all the heavy lifting in that sentence. and lets be real "properly" isnt the default. it isnt even close. and I can hide USD from the banking system too. so I'll adjust my statement, the *average user has better *default privacy with the legacy system.

"Properly" must mean using the tools that just landed some of the most talented devs in jail. The same tech that the treasury will consider a sign of fraud if ever sent to an exchange. What does properly mean Gladstein? Say its name.

I am in Bitcoin since 2010. On-boarded many many people over the years and still I don't know anybody who is capable of managing their privacy "properly" with Bitcoin. I started onboarding new people yo Monero, as 99% of the people will NEVER figure out how to do it properly. They are a risk for themselves and for others if using Bitcoin assuming pseudonymity is enough. There is no pseudonymity in trades as people know their counterparties. Add yo that that most people bought KYC Bitcoins it is even worse. You are actively endangering people if you are not revising your stance.

What's the best way to acquire monero

If you accept small risk using instant exchangers, go on trocador.app (best used with tor browser on safest security setting, their onion address is on the website) and swapping from whatever coin you have like Bitcoin. Like another user suggested, Retoswap and Eigenwallet are two trustless/trust minimized options at the expense of convenience (always a worthy trade-off but don't let perfect be the enemy of good)