You've given a justification for an arbitrary amount of dumbing down (of the sort I hear from science journalists who resort to clickbait in order to "make the

You've given a justification for an arbitrary amount of dumbing down (of the sort I hear from science journalists who resort to clickbait in order to "make the message more engaging"). The original criticism was that this isn't serious cartography for adults, not that cartoons aren't appropriate for children.