As with any complex system, the answers are never simple or obvious unless you make simlifying and sometimes invalidating approximations.

There is absolutely no debate as to the way Nokia is moving currently (or has moved in the past). I appaud them wholeheartedly for their vision and courage in trying to move the whole industry in a more open direction. It is also obvious that they are leading the pack in making these steps in a very concrete way. They also are heavily contributing (often without any fanfare) behind the scenes in key upstream projects (X, bluez and kernel in particular). For these reasons I am supporting them with my wallet.

However, the debatable thing is the direction they are pointing in for the future thrust. Ari's last several comments contain statements that indicate a mismatch between the direction Nokia's drifting vs. the direction it is pointing that is sending a few people into a panic. The reason that people are negatively vocal is not because they seek to damage Nokia but rather they want to make sure Nokia keeps steering the the more open course and does not cater to the likes of DRM/locking and instead steers around those icebergs (to completely abuse an analogy).