[jacurtis]

He posted it on Medium, not the front page of the New York Times.

People follow him on Medium, presumably because they want to follow his thoughts and are interested in what he has to say.

So for him to post to a platform of followers, explaining the most major life change of his life and announcing that he effectively won't be as involved in the Android community anymore all seems pretty reasonable.

If someone has a gun to your head forcing you to read it against your will than I suggest dialing 911. For the rest of us, there is nothing forcing us from reading it. So if its not of interest we just move on.