You are right that airdrop rewards are not as big as before, that's why many people say that airdrops are not worth it anymore. But we have to think, airdrops will give rewards according to what we do if there are many participants, of course the rewards we receive will decrease. In the past, there were rarely airdrop participants, that's why the rewards were very large.
This is completely normal: when rewards remain static but the number of hunters increases, the value of the reward per person decreases. Only the most dedicated hunters can earn significant rewards for their efforts and contributions.
For Ton, the biggest issue isn't the number of projects or the community size, but rather attracting new trends and incentivizing truly promising projects. Tap-2-Earn and memecoins are not sustainable drivers for Ton's growth. The ecosystem needs quality projects in core areas like DeFi, GameFi, NFTs, RWAs, AI, and more. Ton needs to do a lot more to attract these kinds of projects and encourage them to build on its platform. If Ton can't achieve this, I fear its future will become increasingly tied to Telegram, and its fate will be more influenced by Durov or other key figures within the Telegram ecosystem.