I do see both of your points of view. There are some good answers on SO that capture both. They first explain why it’s infeasible, talk about a better approach,

I do see both of your points of view. There are some good answers on SO that capture both. They first explain why it’s infeasible, talk about a better approach, then lastly give pointers on how to achieve what is asked regardless using their best reasoning. Think it just depends on the quality