Despite being the ever pessimistic type, can't agree with this article, and am not sure if the author even agrees with himself.

There's plenty of things to be encouraged by: my tech-illiterate family were harping on to me about the wonders of adblocking the other day. More eyes than ever are focused on cryptography thanks to the fairly maligned rise of cryptocurrency. Privacy invasions as a default, internet of shit as the cheapest product, ever-intrusive T&C's. It's bad yes, but more people than ever are fighting against privacy invasions, more people than ever are aware of it. Crypto-war II is right upon our doorstep and I think the cypherpunks actually have legions of people from all walks of life, with all various sorts of power behind them this time around.

We'll get through it.