I definitely agree that BCC has the potential to be a viable competitor to BTC, given that it appears to address scaling better and avoid the complications of Segwit.

But as you mentioned, I think the most important benefit is that it illustrates to the Bitcoin community that hard forks are a viable means to move the project forward if there is enough dissatisfaction with the incumbent leadership.

And ultimately, time will show us which chain offers the better solution.

And I genuinely agree with your last statement about cryptocurrency moving beyond Bitcoin. With all due credit to Bitcoin's role as a truly revolutionary invention - I think it's protocol has had an incredibly hard time keeping pace with all the developments in the blockchain /crypto world.