A snob is just a regular person who has incited jealousy or offense. You're bigger than taking offense to someone who has a product with some quality control in place in its pre-launch phase.
If quality control is the reason, then say so politely. Making the people reading about your product feel inadequate is not a good look.
It's obvious the author of this article is friends with the self-proclaimed superhero-dick-villain, as an article about a closed blogging platform is in no way, shape, or form applicable news for a website of TC's magnitude.
