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There's no obligation, it just means it's not a good article.

• t-writescode 7y ago
  > it just means it's not a good article. Not necessarily. They included in the article that we could use decentralized contact tracing instead; and, an article arguing against a feature doesn't need an alternative. If a refrigerator were being released with a microwave, do I really need to provide alternatives to where I could put the microwave instead? Among other arguments, it argues that contact tracing is a source of mass surveillance. That alone, for the appropriate crowd, is enough reason to not use it. There doesn't need to be an alternative because the alternative is _not having it_. Just because a bunch of developers ended up wasting their resources on a feature that is a net loss for society doesn't mean that the feature needs to be released.
  • roca 7y ago
    > They included in the article that we could use decentralized contact tracing instead GACT is decentralized. The article is arguing against decentralized contact tracing. > a feature that is a net loss for society The article doesn't even try to make that argument, which is why it is not very good.