The parent comment is implying that people don't want "pretty apps" and want simple functional apps like this exclusively.

I am arguing that what the parent commenter wants is valid, but is likely not what the general population wants.

In that respect, not sure how exactly your comment is relevant.

I don't think the parent comment was speaking for anyone but themselves. They expressed a preference, it was rejected as opposed to "progress". The comment about progress being giving people what they want was a refutation of that - like, "it can't be progress for me if it's not what I want." The fact that other people may want what they've been given is great - for them, progress! but it's also irrelevant to the point being picked at.

Perhaps I'm being overly charitable to the original commenter.