Just a gentle reminding: Counterparty smart contract is not on mainnet yet. That's the key point. How can you say "counterparty is better than Etherium" at this moment?
Because it's more secure and more user friendly.
It's better in those aspects and once included the smart contracts it will be better globally
ed: Ethereum is bullshit now, but it will be awesome.
People invest in what it will be