I think that the first question should be .... will ever cardano deliver its product?

Its "almost ready" last 4 years. In 2017 cardano was a promise only, in 2021 cardano is still a promise only.
Crypto - place where promise is worth more than productSecond question is ... will this long awaited product be better than BSC, Solana, tron and other coins that are "cheaper and faster Ethereum"?
Third question - will devs flip from BSC, SOL, ETH to ADA and move their projects there? I doubt it because there is no infrastructure. Like eth and BSC have (dozens of wallets - metamask, bridges etc).
And finally if all above questions are answered we may ask who will deliver first dex there. Not before.
I completely agree with you, few years ago (2017) there were very few competitors from Ethereum and that is what made Cardano can popular, but until now product from Cardano haven't been released yet, while there are many other projects whose product have been released and even have a cheap gas fees, fast transaction and of course the projects have been successful (such as BSC, Tron, Draken, SOL and KardiaChain), but we'll see when product from Cardano release, whether the product will be successful and better than its competitors (ETH, BSC, Tron, Draken, SOL and KardiaChain, etc.) or not.