That projection is very distorted in terms of representing equal areas for features near the poles vs. near the equator. Veen's mapping is most distorted for the longitudes furthest from the center of the map, among other things. Any way you map the features of spherical shell to a flat surface, it'll never be perfect. Curivilinear coordinates are like food poisoning to most. It's nobody's fault. Hey, in other news, I heard that the flat-Earthers have gone global.
Wasn't talking the quality of projection. Imagine putting a map onto a surface - say, the top of the laptop. When it's closed and facing you (as in, South America at the bottom), it looks fine. When it's open, to the outside observer it's inverted vertically. Not good. Reverse the positioning, and you get the reverse reactions. In other words, a design concern rather than cartography's.