But every project needs a community, at least that's how it always has been in crypto.
The problem in many cases is not the community itself, it's another reason: 99% of projects don't have a product worth using after TGE. If they did have a usable good product, people would stick around even after TGE
But if a project's true plan is to only create a token (basically print their own money), distribute it to themselves and their investors, then yeah sure - they don't need a community. DoubleZero is a good example of that
Communities are mostly kept on good PMF and product, I don't want to bring up Hyperliquid for the 100th time, but it's one good example