Isn't this more a problem that backlog items have become to-do lists of tasks rather than a list if desired features? Or another way of saying that the article

Isn't this more a problem that backlog items have become to-do lists of tasks rather than a list if desired features? Or another way of saying that the article assumes coherent features should be moved away from developers, and developers are just task executors. You could keep user stories on the backlog as product features and then give developers the job of organizing their tasks to achieve those features.