Yes that was the case back then. And this is me saying that they have since taken another look and provided a different guidance which we now use.
That’s no different from other guidance revisions that have come down in the past; particularly this rather infamous “Yeah, the DAO can totally receive income” from Nov 2023 Clarification - AIP returning value back to the ApeCoin DAO which was a result of much noise and furor sparked by yours truly back when I was arguing that a DAO designed to only give money away was doomed to fail. Shockingly, here we are. Who knew? 
It’s no longer applicable because we now have an overriding guidance from the Foundation that is tasked with such things.
And I remain confident that tokens which only change location aren’t in the same class as those which are allocated to be spent.
It’s great that we can all have differing opinions about things, while keeping it civil. 
LOL. I wouldn’t worry about that, both AIP-474 and AIP-489 have failed spectacularly. Next up will be my second attempt AIP-471: Special Council To Propose Voting System Reform