I don't think they are poo pooing the idea of rooting. I think they are poo pooing you guys.
I intend to remain stock as long as possible but I don't care what other people do to their phone.
I am guessing that they poo poo rooters because:
- They have an issue with their stock phones that they want to solve through means provided to them through official updates and the like and people announcing that the issue doesn't affect rooters just clogs the conversation.
- They feel that they derail even the smallest issue into an expose of how great it is to root the phone and it devolves into a comparison of rooted ROMs that have a tenuous connection to the original topic to begin with.
- There are probably other reasons but I don't understand those.
When these updates stop coming, I'll start rooting. Right now, Motorola & Verizon are being paid to support my phone and I am going to get my money's worth.
I don't mind the rooting discussion in the midst of official software discussion, but it is probably only because I can find a use for it. The people who get upset by so much offtopic discussion see no value in it and feel that their time is being wasted.