Iota was just not ready for this kind of explosion and stress on the Tangle. It exploded way too quick and the network is a newborn baby. There is also a lot of uneducated and not tech savvy people coming into the crypto world, these people don't know what they are doing and they expect the tangle to work identicallly to blockchain. I'm one of the really early adaptor and got in when IOTA was 0.18 cents. Read the whitepaper, hear some interviews with the developers and understand the technology and you can answer your question. The lead developer Sostevo is just frustrated with all the FUD and the attack from the blockchain community.