Why anyone got the app in the first place is beyond me.
From the very beginning there were warnings that the technology was bollocks and in practice would just ping everyone to death and cripple the country if everyone used it without question.
Thats precisely why it was never made compulsory to use and certain respected key worker professions were advised not to use the app because it was bollocks.
I honestly think anyone who used it blindly without first looking at whether it was actually useful was extremely foolish and should learn critical thinking.
At best it lead to unnecessary staff shortage and people needlessly isolating. At worst it lulled cautious and potentially more vulnerable people into a false sense of security and caused them to engage in behaviour they wouldn't have without the app giving them something of a 'security blanket' - and not offered the protection that people think it does.
Utterly bonkers.
This isn't about being anti-lockdown or anti-restriction. Its recognising that the app basically isn't fit for purpose and was recognised by techies, various respected organisation and indeed government itself that it wasn't fit for purpose BUT because the government had spent a shedload of money on it, they weren't prepared to back down and admit that they'd spent it all on a massive white elephant. Not just any white elephant, but one which may even have been dangerous.
It was just easier to pretend to the public it was worthwhile despite all the evidence to the contrary and still encourage them to use it.
Its a scandal on a lot of levels.
When the 'delete the app' crowd include senior NHS managers involved in critical emergency covid planning and promotion of public health and safety, you'd think that it would cause those who think the app is a good idea to stop and think. But no.
shrugs