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It's just as possible to not use Monero's mix-ins as it is to use Zcash's transparent addresses. So no, Monero doesn't win here.

not true. Monero has had forced ringsize > 1 (the new term for mixin, because mixin implies active mixing) since around 2016 or so.

ooh i can edit. And the recent fork increased the minimum to 5. Hopefully some magic math will soon make it possible for a minimum of 10.