People are just using it wrong, it’s the only good mouse for macOS. The memes and the hate is baseless, you are not supposed to lay your hand over the mouse but move it around by gently holding by the sides and utilize the touch surfaces for Mac gestures with your fingers. Then you can just rest your hands on the table, which makes it very ergonomic.

My guess is that Tim Cook can’t use it the right way because he is likely using a lot of Microsoft Excel, which is made for the Windows UI paradigm.