My two cents:
I completely agree with Sawyer. I hate the base concept of the D20 system, and especially that it so heavily depends on RNG. That is why, after having played D&D through four editions for more than 25 years, I have now come to the conclusion that I thoroughly dislike the D&D system/mechanics (but I care deeply about BG3 because I love the original BG games and also love the FR setting). So I am firmly in the camp of supporting deviations from the D&D rules and mechanics wherever and as much as necessary to make the game fun as a video game. So very glad Sawyer rejected using the D&D SRD for PoE, resulting in a fresh, new system that I absolutely love and consider to be way superior to D&D. More developers should be willing to take the intellectual plunge into trying to create new and better cRPG systems instead of just keeping on using D&D.