It has other attractive features.
It has segwit enabled.
It has 4x faster block times.
It has a known Creator and active development.
It is 'cheaper' and thus more attractive to noobs.
It's a proving ground for development for Bitcoin.
It's blocks are not congested or spammed so you can convert to it to send funds fast and convert back since it typically has good liquidity.

Not selling you on it but it does have some attractiveness.

Although once Bitcoin activates segwit, it might crash pretty good.