I just realized why the end of Picard left such a sour taste in my mouth.
The whole bit with Data was pointless, except to provide Picard with some vague closure. That's it. And what is this fucking obsession with 'dying is meaningful'?
Don't know if any of you read Avengers: No Road Home, but in #9 of that series, Conan (yeah, the barbarian -- long story) has a beautiful rant about that line of horseshit.
(Vision tells him how the android is dying and grateful for it, as it means he's mortal)
"...You're a fool. You think dying makes you human? Being human makes you die. Our bodies break. Disease claims us. Despair poisons us. You think that has meaning? That we want it? We FIGHT it! Like rats fight the trap! And we SCREAM! And BEG! And CURSE! And Crom DOES NOT CARE! And NEITHER DO I! But what I want, steel devil, is for you to FIGHT BACK!"
As far as I could tell, there was no explanation given as to why Data couldn't be 'downloaded' into a new body. Restored to life, as it were. Yes, at that point he was in a quantum simulation, but you had a planet of androids and the freakin' latest Dr. Soong, you cannot tell me that wasn't possible.
But because 'oh noez, I am sad android' he has Picard shut down the simulation. What the fuck.