Not GP, but: I think the point is more that even the (massive) concentrated effort it takes to patch the IDs will be less than the collective impact of not hav

Not GP, but: I think the point is more that even the (massive) concentrated effort it takes to patch the IDs will be less than the collective impact of not having those IDs at all (in terms of the convenience it would add to peoples’ lives) OR having the IDs without the patches at all.