How do you achieve the privacy of cashu any other way? There is a custody risk, sure. But everything in life us about choosing tradeoffs.

Tradeoffs, yes. But 3 years ago we would have sent to hell everyone who said that the solution is using custodials. Now it's fine. Ok. Later you'll come like the Pamplona guy "I don't understand why all the cashu mints end up rugging you...". Well, if only you would know why Bitcoin was invented...