No I don't think he was bashing. I think he was pointing out that we are making assumptions here. An amazon connection and a google connection have been talked about and talked about. It was pure speculation. Just as all this regarding Tom Cosgrove and a Sony connection. Hype does as much damage as bashing. IMO
Could be there is a connection but ...too many times we have seen hopes risen only to be dashed. The company gets blamed for hyping things and the pps suffers.