You can make the argument in TNG, but a working cloaking device was really useful when dealing with the Dominion, including mining the Bajoran wormhole. A phase-shift cloak might have ended the war earlier.
Hell, the Khitomer accords were rewritten in 2375 with both sides seeing potential conflict with the Dominion. I’m surprised the Federation didn’t ask to get rid of the cloaking device ban at that time.
You can make the argument in TNG, but a working cloaking device was really useful when dealing with the Dominion, including mining the Bajoran wormhole. A phase-shift cloak might have ended the war earlier.
Hell, the Khitomer accords were rewritten in 2375 with both sides seeing potential conflict with the Dominion. I’m surprised the Federation didn’t ask to get rid of the cloaking device ban at that time.