There used to be a time where telegram bot-like projects were a waste of time and a likely scam but these have all changed in recent times with some of TON's ecosystem projects (aka mini app games) are going as far as getting a tier-1 exchange listing (re: Binance)
Since more and more projects are launching, new projects needed to find a way to stand out from the rest and I see some projects innovate some of the most entertaining games without having to make it too complicated and hard to navigate through. The development of telegram is definitely something to take note of. With the incorporation of wallet, more and more people are growing to be dependent on the application.
I would say though that many projects in the ton blockchain or those based in telegram are still useless and not worthwhile. You just need to dig further and you’ll find quite decent projects.