I think you're being rather disingenuous here, and more than a little bit snarky.
I understood quite well what Nezkrul meant, and I believe you do too. His response was an accurate observation, and an honest attempt to answer your question. I believe you've done both yourself and ENWorld a disservice by answering him they way you have.
The 5E designers wanted high dex characters to be just as effective as high strength characters. That want players to feel that they can envision and make a high dex character that is just as lethal on the battlefield as a comparitively high strength character (of the same class and level, of course).
I think that's a good design concept. It creates a sense of inclusiveness and possibilities for would be players, rather than a sense of limitations and exclusion.
Pathfinder does this perfectly without giving bonuses to damage from anything other than strength. There is a specific weapon property that allows a PC to add their dex mod to damage.
I don't want a return to:
Dex based PC's adding dex mod to damage.
Int based PC's adding Int mod to damage.
Wis based PC's adding Wis mod to damage etc etc.....