yes, THIS is extremely annoying. there's a couple of others upthread who have already mentioned being compared to anime in general, and that's just,,, a very fundemental misunderstanding of anime/manga. japan is a big place, they think everyone's gonna have the same style? lol
I think it's completely fine to dislike Disney! Comparing people's art to the one/two/three studios/people who are EXTREMELY well known, so this sounds to me like someone who has little else to compare it to, and doesn't have the terminology to properly talk about what they like about art. I definitely get why that's annoying, and think that's completely fine for you to find annoying! but I also kinda get why people pull up the world-renowned ones.
see, invader zim was never a thing in my childhood, so i probably would have pulled up david firth as a comparison instead. I see the difference, there's a very clear one, but all my brain manages is to pull up something I find familiar.
again though. it is annoying and i get why!!