Most of your posts about the issue are strawmen. There is no comp-sci problem one cannot solve without generics, just like there is no comp-sci problem one cannot solve without functions. Yet no-one can argue functions are not a useful feature.

Yes you can always tell people they can do without generics, because they can, if it's your point it is completely irrelevant to the discussion. You are just second-guessing.

What you don't get is that generics can make some problems easier to solve and simpler than copy pasting the same piece of code while changing a few types. Emphasis on "easier" and "simpler", just like functions make some problems easier and simpler.