I feel the opposite way — it’s breaking the old magazine convention that pullout quotes are merely highlights for quick browsing, and it feels disorienting that there’s new information in these design elements.

Pullout quotes have always been silly, they never have enough context to use as skimming material either

Designers like pullout quotes because they break up the monotony of body copy, and you can use fancy display fonts on them. Consequently they make pages look more "expensive" to readers simply by association with more thoughtful design.

I initially skipped the quotes because I'm used to them being repeated.