Hover mode is certainly not perfect. But it DOES allow me to do things I couldn't on my iphone.
Flash on n900 is also far from perfect. But it DOES allow me to do things on some sites which is impossible on the iphone.

If these two features degraded my normal web experience in any way then sure. I'd agree with steve. They should be removed. But they don't. Flash can be blocked with a simple download(I'll admit there should be an option for it). Hover mode is just there. If you never use it you won't even know it's there.
This is the basic flaw in steve jobs arguments. Even though he may be right about flash. He's wrong about the big picture.