Her argument that convinced me, is that the same result can always be better represented with multiple histograms - z-stacked, side-by-side, 3D or ridgeline-plots (ridgeline plots look awesome). Check out her examples at 21:11.
Compared to these alternatives, violin plots are comically bad.
I watched that part of the video and I just truly don't think any of the options you listed here are as easy to parse as a normal violin chart. They look like the kind of thing I'd see in a superficial infographic, not a serious analysis.
Compared to these alternatives, violin plots are comically bad.