Just seems like at this point DASH doesn't really bring anything special to the table. There are better solutions out there at this point, Dash just has brand name and a lot of big money in it.
Yeah you are right, just a brand name and some big money ....
+ fast transactions
+ ultra low fees
+ optional privacy on its transactions
+ optional instant transactions which can not be double spend
+ masternodes that receive 45% of the block reward
+ miners (incl ASIC) that receive 45% of the block reward
+ decentralized budget system that received 10% of the block reward (which means Dash has a budget of some 4 million dollars
per month, to fund projects that directly benefits Dash)
+ decentralized governance system that votes over the decentralized budget system
+ on-chain scaling solution in its roadmap
+ 2MB blocksize
+ 3 internal decentralized autonomous organisations (DAO's) that gets funded directly from the blockchain (Core-Team, Dash Force News and Dash Labs)
+ Dash ATM providers
+ Dash Evolution that within 8 months will provide userfriendly wallets (so friendly that your mother can use it) and connects endusers to the Dash network through a decentralized API (DAPI)
+ Dash itself is setup to function as a decentralized autonomous organisation (DAO)
+ guarding and implementing Satoshi vision of having a peer-to-peer digital cash system for everyone to use with very low fees
Thats right. Bitcoin will never have low fees and its not practical to buy cheap things with it. While Dash will always have low fees, because transactions are not verified by miners and unlike POS coins, Dash is not created out of thin air. All in all, Dash has both advantages of POW and POS coins, which is why it is way better option than bitcoin.