I think that tech-disdain is mainly caused by oversimplification and characterization of companies, software, devices, etc. For example, we often put Apple under one umbrella that colors our opinion of Apple and something that Steve Jobs says modifies that. Or take MeeGo which we associate with 'open' and 'nokia' but perhaps little else. These are vague examples, but designed to illustrate absolute thinking at its finest manifesting itself as rife tribalism.

If only we considered that all of these companies, devices, software ideologies, etc, have a very rich tapestry sub characteristics, we would stop the f***king infighting and get back to developing, producing, and enjoying. Can you imagine the type of productivity drain that's caused by discussing the inane minutia of 'what Steve said?' I'm sure it could be measured on a national scale in real dollars.