Agreed. But my response was specifically in response to the "More Examples" section that shows three examples for which the boxplots are ambiguous but violin p

Agreed. But my response was specifically in response to the "More Examples" section that shows three examples for which the boxplots are ambiguous but violin plots would not be. In general, scatter plots can be very valuable but difficult to compare among trials. Violin plots help mitigate that, though you're correct that it comes at a cost.