The current state of Apple users is pitiful. Wishing for features that were removed? How can you support a company so much for caring about you so little?
If they never removed features, Apple computers would still have serial ports and scsi busses. I'm not saying I don't miss many of the features in this article, nor am I being an Apple apologist, but sometimes you need to take a step back before you go forward.
Don't be disingenuous, there's a difference between moving to USB-C and removing the damn esc key. In any case, I don't want to get caught up in details. I was just expressing my pity towards people like the author of the linked article; do you really think Apple is ever going to listen?