I expect it would have gone pretty much the same. Monero isn't really widely accepted IRL, afaict.
I live in rural America, where there's basically zero crypto-acceptance. Monero or otherwise.
That said, I created a burner Amazon account through VPN with a Simplelogin email and bought a Amazon gift card with Monero and ordered a new Pixel to my PO box.
So that was pretty cool.
and of course, VPS hosting, VPN etc