I don't see it the same way. The article says they spec'ed a certain part on the BOM and the manufacturing house dropped in a different part. I see this all the time from overseas board houses that think they can get away with subbing in a cheaper part and charging the same price.
If this was my vendor and something like this happened, believe me, this would not be "Shit Happens" and a shrug all around from my management.
To be fair, the "shit happens" statement is from the POV of a customer - and that's quite correct. We don't have further insight in to what the Raspberry Pi foundation is doing or communicating to their manufacturer and I doubt it's a "ship happens" attitude there as well - but that's just a guess and that's all either of us really have.
If this was my vendor and something like this happened, believe me, this would not be "Shit Happens" and a shrug all around from my management.