That is known and that is not really a hidden thing, it's something that every single person knows and OP wrote this anyway, he didn't do it because he didn't know, of course he knows that we can buy cheaper price coins, which is fine, I just think that we are going to end up with something that will not be all that easy to fool us, he thought he can fool us but he didn't realize that we were doing this way before he came along.
Bitcoin is trustworthy and that's why if you want to write some altcoin as good, do not compare it to bitcoin, or even ethereum, find another corner for yourself. If you compare any altcoin to bitcoin and even ethereum, people will judge that coin and will not invest into it because they will think that you are just making it up and not being real.
If you make a realistic approach, like how it has high TPS which is fast and it has a lot of meme projects and many other good parts about it and just promote that part then you could actually get something out of it and could find some investors. When they were talking about how SOL was cheaper and faster, they didn't get any high, but the moment they did open their chain for memes, they suddenly had so much increase, even TON had that with telegram stuff.
I pretty much agree with the OP, no doubt Solana is a good project and its past is in front of us. SOL has benefited all its investors so far, especially in today's era when the market is quite unstable. At this time those who are investing in SOL are taking short-term profit because I have been trading SOL as well for many years, so I have confidence in it, and it's not going against Bitcoin. This is being done because the price of Bitcoin is very high compared to SOL, so the OP wrote that Bitcoin is for the rich.
Some people might say this because you may not gain as much from Bitcoin as you can from SOL if you put only 30 or 50 dollars in it. As much benefit as SOL gives on a small amount, BTC does not give on a large amount. Bitcoin is the king of the market and the king can never be contested by pawns so the only competition is price. At the moment, one of the most profitable projects at a low price is SOL, which is also quite trusted in my view.