I didn't read it as a criticism so much as an observation. Maybe a medium is the message sort of thing. And going back pre-CD it would often be the case that you'd get very familiar with one side of a record because there was nothing on the other side you especially cared for.

I do think the act of buying (or taping) albums is a fundamentally different experience than using streaming services for the most part. I infrequently listen to entire albums these days. I'm much more likely to listen to some mix of either my own library or an Apple playlist.