totally agree.. It's an amazing camera. I took my M9 and lenses away for the weekend. I took 4 shots on the Leica and a load on the RX100 - and a whole load of video too. for the size- it's amazing.
Darn right we are all crops and social demographics. That's why whatever I write on Facebook is usually a load of useless whittering crap that they are welcome to.
Then shoot with a basic film camera? I don't think the point of the article was to discover the photographer not the camera makes the pic - but actually - with a compact or film camera there would...
The photos are great - but I dont see the point of trying to squeeze every inch of quality from what is essentially a small lens, average sensor and a phone.