I agree that investing in altcoins comes with significant risks, and it's crucial to conduct thorough research before making any decisions. However, it's important to note that not all altcoins are "shitcoins." Many have promising projects and real-world applications.
The problem lies in risk because whatever you call it, whether it's altcoin or shitcoin, everything is the same where they have a much greater risk than bitcoin so that the damage effect will be more pronounced if we are in altcoin compared to bitcoin.
Indeed, we are free to choose whatever we like, be it bitcoin or altcoin because indeed everything depends on their respective choices but in the end we must also have greater consideration in the end whether what we do is worth it or not with the final result later.
If talking about bitcoin and the goal is long-term then I can answer that it is very worth it but in the end when the choice is altcoin then I can't consider it worth it or not so the choice in this case becomes important whether it is worth doing or not for us as long-term investors.