Yes, but you see that's why I gave you the link, so you could read the words in context and not have to take my word for it that they were intended as positive. If you do read the linked articles, you would see for example that "little that's familiar" is considered a positive, a foil to the over the top skeumorphism of its competitors.
... living inside an infographic.
but .. little that's familiar
[OT: iOS (and its imitator, Android) -- snide for the sake of it]
WP leaps to the other extreme, ... different .. for the sake of it.