Title says it all. It would seem Apple/Android pay may have rendered altcoins obsolete or at the very least, irrelevant. We all know the arguments but the general public. Just. Does. Not. Care.
It's simple. Name recognition = trust.
Apple has name recognition. Android has name recognition. Altcoins don't.
Honestly, who do you think most people will trust with their hard earned money? A multinational corporation or some sweaty fat guy trying to make a quick buck by cloning coins in his mother's basement in Bulgaria. People don't trust crypto nearly as much as they trust Apple.
Until we stop supporting the incompetent and dishonest "developers" (we all know who they are) and other blatant scammers, altcoins will remain on the fringe of acceptability and will continue to be useless for anything other than making a quick buck.