FUD? No. Just do some reading. Google is your friend. (Try USB 3 Interference.) USB 3 devices, including hubs, are the source of interference with Wi-Fi networks, Bluetooth devices and so on. It is not a matter of one particular manufacturer. There is even an Intel "
White Paper" on the subject. The apparent causes are many, ranging from cabling to grounding (or lack thereof) of ports and circuit boards to the technology itself. Google is your friend. Try USB 3 Interference. You'll be reading for awhile. I have experienced it myself. It's really simple...turn the USB 3 device on and things don't work. Turn it off and things work just fine.
It's true that hubs can be used. I don't know that I would call them far superior to daisy chaining. They are both subject to the same bandwidth limitations. For that matter so does Thunderbolt.
Thunderbolt 2, or whatever it will be called, is due during the first half of 2013 and has the opportunity to overtake USB 3 if the problems with USB 3 are not resolved and quickly. I don't really see the commitment to resolving the problems of USB 3 in the industry. Indeed, for the most part, the industry is in denial and does not want to believe the magnitude and extent of the problems of USB 3. It had so much promise as an inexpensive interconnect for peripherals and has turned out to be such a disappointment.
The problems are only now beginning to be recognized as these devices are coming to market. The industry standards and government tests with which all manufacturers say they have complied are woefully inadequate as devices which have passed these tests still cause major problems. Simply put, the industry does not want to realize that they have a major problem on their hands.
I, for one, have purchased my last USB 3 device. Go buy all you want and see how far you get...you might get lucky and find one of the few combinations which are not troublesome.
I certainly am not please with this situation, but it is a reality, not FUD.