There are other knee-jerk reactions, too. Another one is:

“This is too academic, not relevant for the real world.” 
“This tool is built by academics interested more in publishing papers, than solving problems.”

This kind of anti-intellectual reaction can hide some actually good criticism, it's a pity that people resort to what's basically populism. These are basically negative feelings being blurted out without reflection, robbing us of learning opportunities.

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