This is really a pretty pointless argument, because the important thing is the music itself. I could understand what the issue would be if someone was getting famous worldwide for making songs entirely out of ACID loops, but people have used romplers/samplers for a long time. Getting pissed at someone for using Nexus or Hypersonic or whatever is like getting pissed at someone for owning a Korg Triton. Sure, Nexus disallows even more creativity than most other rom-based samplers out there by not allowing you to edit the patches AT ALL, but it's still a perfectly valid tool for creating music.
That said, I DO agree with you that musicians should try to synthesize their own sounds, but if you need a particular sound, why waste your time trying to create it yourself when it's already right there in front of you? I personally create roughly 90% of my own synths from scratch, so don't think that I'm trying to defend my own habits or anything silly like that.
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