I would not say that's an accurate distillation of my post there. You're framing it as a black/white "is it fair or not ? yes or no ?" matter. In that context, yes, I'd say it's fair enough.
But if we have the capacity for nuance and ability to see things as matters of degree, I'd say they have the better package -- bordering on, but not quite, unfair. No, I don't think it's imbalanced enough to warrant changing game design. Yes, I do think Mages have it better.