MCP was always a bad idea?

My comment on MCP was always a bad idea? — Hacker News. This article entirely misses the value that MCP brings today. Sure, there's almost no reason to use MCPs if you are running a full-blown terminal agent (Claude Code, Codex, Meta Muse, OpenClaw etc) with unfettered internet access - just let it call APIs directly. If you want to operate something that's less YOLO than that, you'll find yourself wanting: Control over exactly which external services it can access A way to handle authentication that doesn't allow the agent to directly access API keys A sensible UI to allow users to connect and authenticate further services Strong audit loggi