Although reputation is very important but gamblers nowadays are aware how important a license is. I like to ask you a question? Do you know a casino that is popular in the forum ( so we can check) that has a good reputation but doesn't owned a license? If you can tell me one, then I might change my perception about license + reputation which IMO are both important.
To be honest, I don't really focus on the licensing aspect of a crypto gambling site when signing up. Instead, I focus on more important factors such as reputation, withdrawal fees, cryptocurrencies supported etc.
All these licenses are from some random islands anyway which is why they aren't extremely credible or anything.
I think that Curacao license doesn't protect you from anything, it's just a license for license's sake. Casinos, in order to provide you with many games, have to partner with different slots providers, game providers and live casino suppliers. To my mind, they need a license for this, that's why casinos with in-house games operate without license but casinos with 3rd party games never operate without a license. Curacao's license is probably easy to acquire and has good tax benefits.