It was bound to happen in some country's.
I'm like you mate, I believe the tech is here to stay and let's face it the governments aren't going to watch their paradigm crumble without a fight.
The saddest thing about the demise of BTC ATM's is the fees are so stupid now its pointless using them for small transactions.
I hope the big corporations really embrace the idea of crypto payments in 2018 as soon as you can pay Amazon etc in crypto we'll be off to the races!