The biggest distinction between most privacy first cryptocurrencies of the world and LTC is Litecoin's mweb addresses are optional and added later as a side feature, not the main feature. You don't have to use it, but it's there for you anyway for when the time comes that you do. Does that make Litecoin 'private' or not? That's completely up to the user. As Charlie puts it...you can either live in a glass house, a house with no windows, or a house with windows and walls. Choose to be seen nekid or watching the game. Every privacy related cryptocurrency, whether built into the base code or added as an option benign of a regular address helps someone feel more or less in control of their financial future, and not everyone will feel the same about each one. And guess what? That's perfectly okay. The greater goal for Litecoin is fungibility. The ability to say 1 litecoin = 1 litecoin. That's what MWEB wallets do. The more people use it, the more fungible Litecoin becomes...the goal of real money you can hold, receive, send, and yes, even invest in as a store of value. Litecoin has grown exponentially in every critical category of adoption over the years. While 30,000 new coins and tokens boast the newest technology then fizzle into obscurity, Litecoin thrives by just being what Bitcoin was intended to be. The people's money. No flashy promises. No special marketing or influence. Litecoin is the people's money. It just works.(Litecoin)