Aside from the article’s subject, I found the article to be written poorly. It was hard to understand.
I swore I would comment less on this site but can’t help myself after reading all the great comments. I cancelled NR a couple years ago now because of their cowardice on the eligibility issue. Funny thing is one of the reasons I read the article before the brouhaha is because I no longer visit sites like NR.
My experience was completely different from yours.