No - He didn't.
Per RobV's point above, if you don't like a splash screen that came with a course, use your own custom one.
Many of us have been doing that for well over a year - in fact most of the ones I use are custom ones.
i cant understand how some people have a problem with a splash screen they dont like, yuck.
Actually he did buck. Look at the last word of the sentence "yuck". That means he thought the splash screen sucks.