Audyssey does suck if not run correctly.
While your quote is undeniably true as most things do indeed suck if not done correctly, I also fall into the category of not preferring the results of Audyssey in my particular listening environment. I currently use it to recalibrate db levels and occasionally I get curious enough to let it do it's EQ calculations but after a few days of leaving it on to see if I just need to get used to it, I always end up turning the resulting EQ settings off again.
Preference is subjective by definition.