Perhaps the author is just dreaming of another browser in addition to the one you prefer. One with different/less features. It is interesting how this is somehow a controversial idea. Is there some reason that the number of web browsers needs to remain small.

Different browsers can be really useful. Personally I do not need want the browser the author suggests at all, but that's just me. Every user is different. I use "links" heavily for reading HTML; it is particularly good for printing HTML tables. I do not expect anyone else to use it. (But some do, including user who actually paid money for features.) A different browser is simply an optional program I choose to make use of. I do not use it for anything financial or otherwise sensitive. There are other browsers for that.

In recent years I frequently see comments that seem hostile to the mere idea of more web browsers. I do not understand this. If this author wants some browser with some certain set of features, that is his business.

"Disagreeing" with someone's desire for a browser with different/less features because of the annoyance of native apps. It make no sense. (Blame the developers of today's "native apps", not users who want alternatives.) AFAICT, there is no suggestion in this blog post of trying to take away anyone's preferred web browser and make them use native apps. The author just wants more options besides the popular ones. A browser with different/fewer features in addition to all the everything-but-the-kitchen-sink, do-everything-under-sun ones written by online advertising-supported organisations.