Nowadays it's all difficult, even to distribute money for free.
I hate to say it. But sometimes I don't even pick a penny off the ground. Sometimes not even a dime. So for these systems you need to dl and install software just to get a dime. Well, you get my point.
True. But in the Game of Coins, you acquire or you kick yourself later on. Lots of people regret not picking up Bitcoin, NXT, NEM, and others when they were low valued or free, and required a tiny bit of effort. Most people just gave them a quick glance and a "Yeah, whatever".
You just never know what will take off, and you never win betting against everything.
IXC really needs to directly exchangeable for fiat at some point, though. No coin will take off properly if it's only exchangeable for Bitcoins.