Might have something to how the author chose to express his opinions. FWIW, I got the same impression from the article, but did not bother to write a comment until now.

IMO, the author could have done better by providing more concrete examples for the points of criticism, and understating the conclusion or moving it to the end or dropping it entirely, as I think it's better to give the reader the choice to make up his own mind, given the facts and evidence.

What?

Just because I disagree with their premise (tool writers need to take responsibility for my lack of knowledge) doesn’t mean I think they can’t talk about it.

I mean, if they weren’t talking about it I’d have nothing to disagree with and have to do something productive.

And, you know, appeal to authority isn’t a valid counter argument…