While not explicitly stated, it's implied that the team built a "good" and innovative product. Sure he never said good but he did say that the team is great in every respect going on to list a few.
The most explicit way to say it would be, "We got in this one for the money. It's a terrible terrible product in terms of adding value to society but that wasn't our goal on this one".
He's entirely entitled to do just that...but don't spin it into something different by skirting the original points he's responding to.
