In the case of crypto, it probably should. The reality is that there is so much compute power aimed at BTC/ETH, that if you try to use a 'cheap' crypto currency, it is susceptible to compute power attacks or at the very least, hasn't been battle tested against non-compute attacks.

IMO, if you are going to write a smart-contract or "invest" in crypto, you should have an extremely good reason to do it anywhere but ETH/BTC.

The price and value of the chain give an signal of security.