Biggest bunch of drivel I've read in while
Yeah sure, lets turn Linux into Windows 8.1 with one desktop and one package manager, choice is confusing, etc. etc. blah blah blah......
Windows users don't like the new metaphor either (mac users don't count as they'd buy a turd if it had an apple logo on it and was priced so they could feel elitist).. and let's face it, it's not being done to make a "better" desktop UI, it's being done to converge the desktop UI and mobile UI so less work for the devs in the long term .. problem is it's at the expense of both

He says he's against change for the sake of change .. then babbles on about its only benefit being it "looks" more modern ..
Modern doesn't automatically equate to "better" .. in fact at an ever increasing rate, and in a LOT of fields it actually means worse/cheaper/shallow

We don't make square wheels to make them look modern .. round works, end of development.