Bitcoin is the gateway to crypto and out of crypto for many people and currently it sucks at that, badly. Now I hope it gets replaced asap by something else if the fees doesn't start to come down. "Altcoins are for transactions" - this would make Satoshi turn in his grave, what a disgrace.
Looking into bitcoin cash now, it seems to follow Satoshi's vision and those early core developers who wasn't still on the payroll of big boys. Money seems to change things.