Yeah and it's not fun is his point. Way to forced & guided. It's like playing a racing simulator but you're on a rail system that you can't deviate from dead middle of the track once you managed to get on course even if you don't have a clue where you're supposed to be going.
It's interesting -- I only play Wordle on hard mode, so these "restrictions" seem perfectly good and fine to me. I guess if you're not used to it they seem onerous.
Though I guess to be fair Wordle doesn't force hard mode, so it seems this version shouldn't either.