I don't. Most Quanta articles have this pattern: they pepper the article with quotes from famous professors and only mention the authors in the middle of the page. I suppose one could argue this provides context and is a kind of attestation to the importance/relevance of the work. But I don't think this is right.
To me, I want to know who the authors are in the first paragraph. They deserve the credit. The famous professor quotes should come later.
I also find Quanta articles rarely satisfactory with respect to the historical and social aspects of science (culture, ideas, experiments, interest...) but prioritizing explaining research and concepts over talking about people is a well justified editorial choice for a scientific magazine.
In this case there is a link to the article in the first paragraph and as the article discusses the whole history of maximum flow finding the new and exciting developments in the second half is quite reasonable.
You are right in general, but when the quote is from someone on whose research the result builds in an important way (as it is the case here), I would say it is fair.
To me, I want to know who the authors are in the first paragraph. They deserve the credit. The famous professor quotes should come later.