I think that's a fine way to characterize nostalgia, but it seems like a needlessly reductive, even perhaps dismissive, way to respond to the author's point of

I think that's a fine way to characterize nostalgia, but it seems like a needlessly reductive, even perhaps dismissive, way to respond to the author's point of view. I think there are plenty of reasons to dislike the direction the Web has taken since its inception, and many of them are more substantial than just nostalgia for times past.