Ether is just another investment for guy like me and I dont use it for any other application. Just using it to hold for the long time and also to pay the fees for transferring the funds from my ether wallet. Off course thats always there as you have to fuel the transaction with it. I never invest in the ICO phases directly so usually I dont use ether for that purpose. Just looking forward to have some good profits in the future. Thats all I want from ether.