He would have loathed the idea of his voice coming out of something artificial like that, and hated the idea that he became famous enough that his voice could be basically stolen and made to say whatever anybody else wanted.
The actual WSJ article has it as well: “Those who are uberly engaged with the company want to go to the office two-thirds of the time, at least,”
More than just a slip; given how Uber treats its 'employees' its not a surprise this dingus wants the same model.
The problem with DSL isn't the copper, it's the ancient switches and terrible cheap-ass wiring that makes up the millions of 'last miles' to peoples homes that suck so bad that you'll never get decent speed across them. Cable has the large advantage of new cables as well as how much they can push.