Well, for me, they've been more like a lifesaver - a go-to whenever I get burnout from trading or the market is highly unpredictable. That's why I've been digging deep to find projects focused on solutions like these, as it seems the bull run we're all waiting for might not come anytime soon. I might as well be gathering liquidity for when it does come, so if you know of any projects with nice staking returns, please let me know.
I believe that if we really want to limit ourselves to general naming of any project, then you are going to be quite upset about it. You can't say all "defi staking projects" are good or bad, there are some good ones, and there are some bad ones, some of them are great to invest, some of them are terrible to invest.
A lot of people do this, uses buzzwords and then asks if it's good or not. Like they say "what do you think about AI projects" or "what do you think about memecoins" or "what do you think about NFT's" etc etc, like as if they were all the same. In all those cases, there are good ones and there are bad ones and you should be careful with what you are doing and you should not be dealing with anything else. I personally believe that the best thing we could do about this would be making sure that we know what we are doing and not dealing with anything insane like thinking they are all the same.