It is the reality that even with some good manager, they are also not sure if the project will be profitable and successful.
The likely of being abandoned is there and it's like just going to be forgotten by time whenever the participants asks when it will be listed on an exchange and what will be the value of it once being launched in the market.
That's the fact that many are aware of these days, and that's why even many from before have been profitable, it is unsure these days.
only in bounty around 2017~2018 that even without a trusted manager a bounty still pays with a huge amount.
at that time i join a bounty and when it ended i can get around 0.1~1 BTC from doing it, nowadays even 0.01 BTC is still hard to get from bounties.
Well, 0.01 btc today is around $190-$200 and that's quite a lot for a bounty and airdrop. It's really difficult to get onto those and sometimes even paying for less is questionable from those projects.
It's true that way back then, I've seen too many bounties and heard a lot of great stories on how they've made a lot of money from those airdrops and bounties that they've participated. Well, it's gone for too long and unlikely to get back on that track.
Bounties and airdrops have given very good profits last 3-4 years ago . In a bull market, that reward was very large. But at present the profit from bounties and airdrops is not available due to bearish market. And if found, it is very less amount and some times hunters can not get the withdraw charge by the bounty. Normally that opportunity may not come again like before. Where the hunters became millionaires by participating several bounties.