My only comment on that would be don’t knock it till you’ve tried it. Honestly, if you tried it with either the Fulcrum or the Yoko, it would change your opinion.
This goes for any aircraft, and nothing to do with the Kodiak specifically. I’ve read many threads over the last few years, about many different planes with the same types of observations from others. “It’s too twitchy.” or “Why is it so violent on rotation?” I’ve never seen it simply because of my flight controls.
A yoke with a lot of travel on pitch is always going to feel better that a joystick, or even a cheaper yoke. If the plane was tested with one of those yokes, instead of a joystick, then it will feel worse.
I explored that in another thread I think. Here we go: