Akshully, you don't have to get past the Quasimodo. This and similar articles are not about about deal breakers. So it's not like the mere existence of the kicker. By order of the Cap'n, the kicker must exist, full stop.
I make a lot of suggestions as you may have noticed & authors sometimes come back & tell me no that's the way they want it. Others simply ignore my notes until I get bored and publish anyway, sometimes making the change myself. In such cases I let you know. Usually.

And BTW reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated. I think Samuel Clemens said that.