After thinking about it for 2 days, it seems inevitable that the ICM meta will stay.
Coupled with skepticism are the willingness for the current builders to further iterate and improve on current weaknesses which is an important factor that was also reflected in the AI meta.
Which leads me to think that the meta stays. The leader $launchcoin is pretty clear whereas the apps for me, not so much. Current apps are still a bit lame for me, just a lot of copycat ideas (reminds me of the yapping agents before the useful ones eventually came out).
What are your picks for ICM? Perhaps this is all a f