is a bit of straw man. Offering a rough list of alternatives for discussion would be sufficient response to the question.
you are allowed to say X is shitty on its own
while true, this ignores that your original statement was challenging this choice over other possibilities. So yes, you can just say it’s a shitty choice, but you (colloquially, at least) implied there exist better choices in your opinion. So it is reasonable to ask what those might be.
is a bit of straw man. Offering a rough list of alternatives for discussion would be sufficient response to the question.
while true, this ignores that your original statement was challenging this choice over other possibilities. So yes, you can just say it’s a shitty choice, but you (colloquially, at least) implied there exist better choices in your opinion. So it is reasonable to ask what those might be.