Tarmac and Madone

I’ve been reading and watching a lot of reviews on bikes and see a lot of hate towards the madone about how it’s a compromise bike and it’s not as light as a emonda and not as aero as the previous madone and trek is lying with it’s marketing, etc etc. but the tarmac seems to escape all of this criticism.

I actually just watched a bike radar YouTube ranking 2025 pro race bikes and they said they can see mads Peterson being angry they no longer have an all out aero bike and don’t like when brands pull sleight of hand marketing tactics. Immediately after they fawn over the tarmac and how great it is despite specialized doing the same exact thing with the venge and tarmac.

Can anyone explain this?