I don’t know much about Dan Larimer other than he occasionally likes to pump his own projects by writing articles that aim to discredit competitors & big up his.
It’s a slightly dishonest marketing tactic he’s used in the past, and appears to be using it again.
Previously he did this with the Safe network without trying to get a real understanding first, though his aim isn’t bringing understanding but to promote his own projects by putting others down.
I’d recommend taking his biased articles with a large grain of salt.
See a previous discussion along the same lines - critique without fact checking: Bytemater - BitShares - Daniel Larimer opinion on MaidSafe