I completely agree, and that's the point I alluded to before. The potential for ETH to be a game changer is why I've been with it since 2014 ;) So believe me when I say you're preaching to the choir. But if the price of ETH is to rise due to its utility, then I suggest you strap in for 3-5 years. That's what it'll take for it to scale and develop the capabilities (POS and 100x transactions/sec) that will then let it be the network of daaps it was intended to be. After all, I'm not aware of any major project that's currently being used in a significant way aside of ETH being exchanged for a bunch of tokens during ICOs.
I suggest we lower our expectations, buckle up and wait