They hate it because it sucks. His whole article is about how much and why it sucks.
Then he concludes that maybe it doesn't suck. Maybe it's just him.
It reminds me of Winston Smith, wondering whether it's he that's insane after all.
Then he concludes that maybe it doesn't suck. Maybe it's just him.
It reminds me of Winston Smith, wondering whether it's he that's insane after all.
Touch? Sure, let's do touch, but we won't consider human aspects like the size of on screen elements.
Gestures? Sure, let's make things swipe and tap and zoom. Why? Why not? The other people do it.
Animations? Sure, they are pretty. Let's animate some things. They are optional and meaningless anyway, so we can be sparse and nobody will care. They should be happy we added animations anyway!
Wooden tables with see through table toppers with t-shirted employees? It's just the natural order of things. We aren't copying anybody.
EDIT: Just to make sure, by hacker ethos I consider something in the lines of Stallman which is a staunch proponent of tinker everything.