Sorry (heh). I think I'm out of the loop here... that article is paywalled, and I'm honestly not sure what it's referring to. Is there some broader anti-apology movement these days I'm just not aware of?
It's been observed that demanding an apology for everything is a weasel-y, performative, and Millennial thing, and the author is actually pushing back against that.
I see what the author is saying now. I don't think I'd go to either extreme, either always apologizing or never. Explanations are always nice when they're not hollow excuses, but IMO apologies are better when they're reserved for the times you sincerely fuck up and feel bad.
I'm an early Millennial, though, so maybe just less civilized than my younger brethren, lol.