You're talking about acting vs. lived experience. That doesn't invalidate the premise of the article, it actually strengthens it if you aren't overly pedantic in your read and interpretation.
Might be a great article. Overriding scroll behavior and velocity so that content moves when fingers aren't touching the screen seems like a suicidal choice for a publication.
Mobile scrolling is a solved problem unless you make it one.
If you want to reform the justice system, more power to you, but while it exists the last people who should be exempt from its reach are those who wield its power in criminal ways.