The State of DNB

After listening to stellar Drum and Bass Arena podcasts dedicated to the past decade of Dnb, I started thinking. Has this era of throwaway pop music "infected" the arena of dance music as well? Now there have always been bollocks tunes here and there, but there were a ton of classics coming out as well. Tunes so distinctive, that even though I wasn't a dj or even allowed to go out and hear this music on the dancefloor, I still managed to collect amazing vinyl and mixtapes not knowing what was "in". As a true, everyday junglist, I love all styles of drum and bass/jungle, some more than others, but I have room for Size, Goldie, Bukem, Aphrodite, Source Direct, Dieselboy, Fabio, Alix Perez, Photek, M.I.S.T., Dillinja, UK Apache, Bad Company and many others in my heart. Either I'm not too picky, or I can appreciate beautiful music whether it be elegant, grimey, childlike, or intellectual. That being said, I haven't been loving as many recent tunes as I did once. It may be that I'm getting old and critical, but I believe it may be related to the proliferation of production software. Maybe guys that are pretty good djs, don't always make great producers, or everyone using the same programs leads to the same sounds. Producers are also biting each other sounds, there was a time when style was the trademark, basslines as badges. Perhaps the internet has so connected the worldwide massive that traveling djs no longer act as filters and tastemakers. Maybe because my local scene, New York, has a smaller dnb community and I'm a bitter, jealous h8ter. Still in my quest to hear every jungle or dnb mix and tune ever made, I do run across some beauties like Taxman's "Too Bad" or "Itzalot" by Crystal Clear (w/Cabbie & Stapleton)-its dnb not dubstep, I don't care what you say), and I like Spor's "Way of the Samurai" because it sounds like a sample from "V-the miniseries" is in there. What are your thoughts has the golden age of drum and bass passed? Will junglists defect en masse to dubstep? Has the production scene been taken over by wanker faux rock and overuse of wobble bass? Am I just a bitter old jungle slag?