Yes the technology is different but we are here to face mass adoption.
For me a crypto needs a mobile wallet and the Onion team is working on it. It will definitely will bring users to adopt this crypto.
I think Verge is too big compared to what it does. I used to have invest in this project and I sold all I had 3 weeks ago to buy 6000 Onions. The dev was never on time with the announcements. And the price of Verge being under 1$ makes a lot of people buying it without considering the marketcap. The project if for now a bit over-evaluated. I personally prefer DeepOnion.