EVM has been a great step forward and has pushed the concept of dApps into the market and others have followed like NEO, NULS, ADA and the like. Each cryptocurrency has their own idea of how these products should and they all be iterated on until we find the ideal balance between functionality and scale. This is still very much an exploratory phase and once we come can come to a consensus on how to take it forward who knows where this can take us. 

EVM will no doubt be remembered as the platform that got the ball rolling