I understand how you feel. I was thinking about giving up and was feeling really down. I don't want to give up. The problem is, as long as people support and do bounties for scams they will always exist.
One day I hope 90% of projects are legit because they get no support. It isn't too hard to find out. People need to ask more questions and dig deeper. Even a project you feel is legit you must question. Question everything.
No one likes to waste their time so people need to stop supporting bad projects or scams.
I strongly support you in this, team members who give up because they didn't hit hardcap after token sale are not resilient. I've seen a few projects which didn't even hit softcap but listed their coins and are doing fairly well. But I don't blame some projects which stop because the government has authorized them to stop operations. Well, lack of funds can put an end to any project if it's severe.
In this case, the startup team is not just lazy but also not competent.How can you start raising funds for your development in a country where there are bans on such activities?And about the lack of funds,then alas You are mistaken.If the team does nothing and is not going to do anything useful in the future,they will always lack money.
as a rule, a more or less normal project already has a strategy for each outcome of events. if it was built hardcap - then one plan of development (generally the marketing of such projects at the top), if you are not able to collect the hard cap, and gathered only the soft cap, then a different strategy and tactics.
Blaming the hardcap is just an excuse and doesn't really make sense.