This is actually useful. I didn’t know that generic “you” meant “one”. I always interpreted it as “you the reader” and felt desperate once a week when reading articles like these.
Where it gets tricky is that the reader might not be part of the audience intended by the writer.
It does mean "you, the reader" or "you, any random reader from my intended audience" (e.g. fellow PhDs) in articles like these.
Using it to mean "one" is a different use, in more formal talk.