Since it is a BTC forum, there are only bitcoin investors here. I don't think stock investors and those who don't invest in bitcoin will be active here regularly, so bias is inevitable. Like you, are you active on any stock forums? Or do you regularly watch stock related news when you are a bitcoin investor?

We choose bitcoin/crypto over stocks/gold, real estate. Simply because people love the huge volatility of cryptocurrencies and wants to get rich quick. Something people think the stock market/gold can't do.

BTC and its growth is its own marketing tool, for all the parties out there.

And it will become more scarce and scarce, so we can't deny that in the future, people will want even sats to be hoarded.

All I've ever needed to have done is compare performance between Bitcoin and stocks over the long term to know what I'd prefer. In the long run, volatility means less and performance means more.

Only Bitcoin and when it comes to Bitcoin then there's no if or no why. Bitcoin as we all know is the king of the crypto market and in just few years it has gained way more value and trust than most stocks. In my own personal preference Bitcoin is more than 10x to even 50x a better investment than stocks.

The investment that I like, easy for me to understand right now is Bitcoin. So I choose Bitcoin.
I might do stocks too but not for now because I don't have sufficient knowledge. Rather than following along without any background knowledge, I think it's better not to get involved.

Another reason why I chose Bitcoin and not stocks is because to invest in stocks I don't have any relationships that make it easy for me to invest in stocks. I don't want to do it just by finding out the source from the internet.

It all depends on our individual choices and how we've strategised our plans, they both are good but for stocks is more preferable due to it’s growth longetivity and we should not forget that stocks have along history

Both are good to be honest. Stocks for a steady investment since it's pretty consistent and growth or if you want some dividends, stocks is a go-to investment but of course unlike bitcoin, it's very traditional but if you're looking for more modern system, then bitcoin. It's global adaptation is already happening and more to happen soon, people are shifting to it and looking for a good spot to invest. The only con in BTC is being volatile BUT you're the one who controls it of course, in order to have a consistent gain in crypto, you really need to take advantage every ups and down of it like riding the flow.

I have never been involved in the stock market - I have never even tried to find out more about how it works, so of course bitcoin is the only investment asset that I am most familiar with. Bitcoin has answered all my questions about real investment - because of it I have improved my financial condition and because of it many things in my life have changed. Even if I am not a bitcoin maximalist - but bitcoin has given me the returns that I have always hoped for, that I never got from some other real investment assets.

What I dislike most about public companies in the US are the ridiculous CEO compensation packages.

I never understood why American CEOs always receive such large pay packages regardless of their performance.
They could run the company into the ground but always get to leave with a massive compensation package worth millions
or tens of millions of dollars.

So what incentives do they have to work hard and do what is in the best interest of the company?
If they can run the company into bankruptcy and still get to leave with a $20 million pay package then there isn't much.
This causes an endless cycle of CEO turnover. When you are guaranteed $10 million or $50 million in annual salary
regardless of performance you can just wait for 12 months and then leave the company with 10 million in your pocket
without doing jackshit, or even doing great harm to the company.

When employees screw up they are instantly fired, usually departing the company with little or nothing.
But no matter how badly the CEO screws up they are rarely punished. At most they will depart the company
while taking a large chunk of the company assets with them in the form of a grand pay package.
It makes me wonder why do most companies even need a CEO?

In the US this practice is the norm not the exception. Starbucks, Tesla, Boeing to name a few who are guilty.

How the hell does all that benefit me as a shareholder of the company stock? Of course it doesn't.
To the contrary, the savings gained by mass firing of workers often ends up in the CEO and other execs pockets.
So of course the CEO has great incentive to simply fire workers or sell off assets to solve every financial problem
instead of actually doing anything to improve the fundamentals of the company.

Companies listed on the US stock exchange are supposedly bound by a fiduciary duty to their shareholders,
but in practice their primary duty is to benefit the CEO and executive team.

Which is also how it works in the altcoin market but these problems are even more pronounced and much worse.
At least with stocks being regulated securities, you have some protections as a shareholder, but none of that
protection exists in the shitcoin altcoin market. It's just the Darwin wild west and law of the jungle.