Everything in this article is from the writers perspective. The developer may have done all the things you said, informally, but the article writer didn't bothe

Everything in this article is from the writers perspective. The developer may have done all the things you said, informally, but the article writer didn't bother to mention them. Perhaps he should have gotten a lawyer, and gotten an iron clad contract, but that itself would have cost more then the total amount he was going to be paid.