No, what this article states is that the author hates to register, and for their particular app, not registering may have made a difference in its adoption rate. That doesn't say much about the implications of registration for your business.

I recently launched an app that requires Facebook registration. I expected it to be a disaster, but a necessary evil for our first pass. I was shocked to find a conversion rate from opening the app to logging in of 95%; it's not hurting us nearly as badly as I anticipated. Measure!