It's open source, not a product. You're coming off as entitled, and he can die on whatever hill he wants to die on. You can fork it, and even submit a PR that would do something like click a button to continue anyways (on a smaller resolution).
> Nobody here cares about the product specifically,
Citation needed.
> but it’s shooting itself in the foot and saying it’s a feature; that doesn’t sit well with many.
That's their problem, no one else's.
That's a pattern that most people would agree they don't like and my comment is meant to be a criticism of that.
> That's their problem, no one else's.
It was posted in a public forum for discussion, is it really wrong to critique or praise the product in this setting?