Many no-coiners like to refer to Bitcoin as a "digital pet rock".  Though they are fools, it is quite understandable the reasoning behind this position.  And frankly that's exactly what an NFT is.  At least with a pet rock there was something tangible to own.

The thing that bugs me about NFTs is everyone has now seen that they were a scammy rugpull, and yet the public is still fascinated with then.  They are CLOSE to something useful.

When I bought my Jade HW signature device I received a token on Liquid that would be tradable for the Jade when it came in stock.  I remember thinking... look at that and actual "ICO" like token with an actual functional USE and rooted on a BITCOIN sidechain, therefore secured by BITCOIN but adding no stupid bloat to the base layer.  Neet.

This was one of the moments that I came to be a fan of the "evil Blockstream" as this is all the real functionality being promised by Ethereum, but with the CORRECT tradeoffs chosen.  At least an acceptable set of them.  I do think a company headed by a wizened cypherpunk is a good thing.  Jade is also OK.

My point is there is a right way, and a dumb way to do things.  I do not think we have seen the actual utility that the NFT concept provides.  But it took a while with tokens, too.