Well I like telegram but i can say about TON that this is not real ICO because you can't participate it if you don't have a lot of money. So real people and investors can't participate it and this is ruin general idea of ICO like : crowdfunding and every one who has 50$ or more can feel like they real investors.
Telegram it's not ICO I think it's just selling some coins to big money bags. 1.8 billions it's real to high for any ICO . 18 millions that raised Ethereum in 2016 looks like so small now...
You're absolutely correct. The benefit of ICO is that everyone can contribute. Everyone can participate. If ICO projects make a really high participation standard, it has lost its meaning.
I don't understand one thing why people still thinking that TON is a very good and
profitable ICO. Do they asked a simple question "Profitable and good ICO for who?" . I joined not so much ICO's but I invested only for real(or look real) projects with strong team and good background. That ICO shoud change something to good otherwise why this is needed? We have IPO's now and a lot of financial instruments. ICO this is for the people. For those who can't participate some good projects because they don't have a lot of money. I still believe that we'll see good projects soon. First of all we should built an infrostructure for blockchain and after that I think we'll see green market and implementation of projects after.