I agree with this, I've been using Angular for a while now and like it. Every time I read these criticisms of Angular, I always think...compared to what?

For example, I don't find fixing occasional performance issues when using two way binding a big deal. Two way binding makes my UI code much more concise and free from bugs concerning keeping models and the DOM in sync. I've worked with Backbone before for instance and found that dealing with listeners and syncing manually was a huge source of bugs.