Typically you, the person replied to, or someone else is simply primed to debate the use cases, in a classic dropbox-style moment about how some other combination of technologies nobody wants
could do it, as opposed to diving into the technology itself and the opportunities presented by the platform
For them its a quagmire because they cant find a reason to justify any time or mindshare on the technology, and are simply using any discussion to rationalize not doing that
Its just past the point where they're relevant or the concept needs to be defended at all, its just not new or fragile enough anymore. Even politicians can debate nuanced aspects of 1 out of 100 use cases.
And then there’s the reality that speculation is a use case, so obvious yet somehow so unacceptable to technology savants, as if the entire financial services industry doesn't exist with its own niche technology to facilitate it
And then it derails into a relative utility argument, when someone points out the irony that nearly everyone here is working for a democracy destabilizing advertising conglomerate and getting paid in lottery tickets