From my understanding, “bypassing censorship” also applies to ordinary people rather than political activists. If you are being hunted down by an authoritarian government on a scale where compromised Tor nodes matter to you, I believe you already know what you’re doing for the most part, or you already have bigger issues to deal with. I would also argue that Tor is still more accessible for someone who tries to access information from a highly restrictive country. My reasoning is: if you are living in a country (where vpns are likely blocked), you are probably out of funds for getting a paid (and maybe working) VPN. In this case, Tor is a very usable tool solely for its bridges for example, for accessing Wikipedia and mainly text based sources, etc.
I think it is best not to assume everyone needs Snowden level privacy. Sometimes a working tool is better than an ideal one that isn’t available.
Also, in order for this to be harmful, there needs to be a certain amount of nodes being compromised. I have found this discussion on the forum regarding to that matter.