I'm a hopeless optimist and romantic when it comes to software, and I really would have liked to see the covid app being done in some way that built confidence

I'm a hopeless optimist and romantic when it comes to software, and I really would have liked to see the covid app being done in some way that built confidence and inspired hope and optimism. My vision was that it could have been more like open source Eurovision where developers that participate had the chance to introduce themselves to the public, and some of the development and design could have been screen cast to us unfortunate souls trapped in our homes for months for some entertainment value and inspiration for budding developers. But eh, instead we get something good, something bad, but much of the same old same old, and in the end, I'm staying as far as I can from these apps as a result. Sad, there was a chance to do something amazing.