Ironically it seems like you didn't read my comment. The first line explains why thats a bad solution, because its just moving clutter around the page but with extra steps
I read it, it just doesn't make sense. There's nothing harmful or disruptive about having lots of links tucked away at the bottom of the page, out of the way. Hiding those links in a hamburger menu doesn't fix the problem, because there's no problem to fix. But it does introduce several other, more significant problems, which are described in the article.