You point out p-values can be troubling because there's all sorts of bad incentives that lead to p-hacking and publication bias. The author points out that even

You point out p-values can be troubling because there's all sorts of bad incentives that lead to p-hacking and publication bias. The author points out that even if those bad incentives didn't exist, p-values aren't all that useful to begin with. That's not "missing the point", it's just pointing out a different aspect of the situation.