If you're using a different driver it is your choice. Wacom does not advertise their support but I bought one and I just had to plug it to make it work. AFAIK, they pay developers to maintain the drivers.
At the least, the title should say it is a specific driver that has such problem.
This article was written more than a year ago and received significant attention at the time. I suspect Wacom may have made some changes since then—at least, I hope they did. I can’t be sure because the official drivers aren’t actually open source.
This article’s analysis took place on macOS. The drivers to which you linked are for Linux. It’s not unreasonable to assume that official closed-source drivers, especially when bundled with other software, might be more intrusive. For example, many Wacom tablets have buttons that can be remapped, but only if you install Wacom’s software.
Dismissing it as the user’s choice really isn’t fair. I’m not going to berate my mother for failing to use Linux, but that doesn’t mean she wants all her activity sent to Wacom.
I'm sure macOS supports hid devices out-of-the-box. Users should pressure Wacom to correctly support it. They do it correctly on linux, it is a shame users from other OS's are not treated as first-class citizens.
At the least, the title should say it is a specific driver that has such problem.