I often asked them. Things often brought up were use of guitar effects, no guitar solos, wrong type of vocals (with rapping was the most criticized back in my days, nowadays it’s harsh vs. clean vocals mainly), being popular, making more money from merchs/endorsements than record sales, and my personal favorite: not understanding music theory and how music is played so much you think only losers play power chords in the genre dominated by power chords.
I often asked them. Things often brought up were use of guitar effects, no guitar solos, wrong type of vocals (with rapping was the most criticized back in my days, nowadays it’s harsh vs. clean vocals mainly), being popular, making more money from merchs/endorsements than record sales, and my personal favorite: not understanding music theory and how music is played so much you think only losers play power chords in the genre dominated by power chords.