Don't agree. Getting managed postgress from one of the myriad providers is not much harder than using sqlite, but postgress is more flexible and future proof.
I absolutely don't agree with a conclusion of the article. As an individuals we can make conscious choices, as a society we basically can not (with a occasional exceptions across the history). We're guided by the path of least resistance even if it leads to our own demise. See climate crisis, nuclear proliferation, etc.