The article had some ideas on how to improve games without detracting from them?

Like using a free form road builder like modern city building games use is neither unfeasible or unfun?

Preplanning a settlement is also something that is done in modern city builders, zoning areas for different use?

Taxes dont seem to be difficult to implement either.

Article seems more reasonable than the reaction. And its probably not going to go unnoticed by people playing in the genre.