But he never argued against that, he is saying that bitmessage (aims to) provides a solution to a particular problem, and your proposal would absolutely dismant

But he never argued against that, he is saying that bitmessage (aims to) provides a solution to a particular problem, and your proposal would absolutely dismantle that solution. Whether the result would be better that another unrelated product is irrelevant. "here is a sugar-free pie !" "you should add sugar to solve the sour taste problem" "but, that would defeat the whole no-sugar thing ..." "You must admit that it's still a lot less bad than soyent though !"