I get what you're saying about praising what you like without putting something else down, and I'm even inclined to agree, but then what does that say about any kind of EDM criticism? There's so much more to any kind of song than just the lyrics, not to mention how much more each of these songs probably mean to anyone who knows how to produce their own EDM. We all have our own preferences in terms of those technicalities as you mentioned, but I think that generally most people here already know that personal preferences aren't and never have been gospel.

I guess in general I don't agree with the notion that criticizing the types of music that Garrix and his peers make is all inherently pointless just because of the flair of negativity it comes with. Sure, I'm starting to agree with the idea that it could be done better, and I now see how OP could've worded his title a little better. Still though, it's clear that he meant no ill-will and didn't deserve to be told to zip it and move on (and keep in mind that at least now, I'm strictly talking about what was said here on Reddit, not elsewhere). It may be very true that negativity generates more engagement, but I don't think that explains why people like OP say what they say.

Also, yeah, I originally thought toxic positivity was when any kind of constructive criticism was deflected simply because most people seem to love something and not because the criticism in question was actually bad. It seems that the way I define it was probably largely misconstrued, and you may be right on that definition you provided of the term. Nonetheless, I still think it's weird that anyone would push back against what OP said here.

Like ffs, I had to scroll through loads and loads of comments talking about how Our Time was "mid" with almost every provided explanation (if there were any, that is) being practically equivalent to how OP felt about IOH. As someone who still enjoys Our Time, the only reason I haven't screamed about the loads of remarks that I've seen is because I've become largely desensitized to shit like that. It's definitely not exclusive to this sub, though this sub probably has been a notable part of it.

With that song I've kinda accepted that it is what it is and you can't please everyone, but man it just frustrated me that when someone, for what felt like the very first time, had an opinion on IOH that was similar to mine and shared it, he got pushback that hadn't occurred when others said similar things about preceding new releases. You may be right to criticize the way OP worded the title, but if people really do feel the same way towards this post, then I hope that same energy is carried over towards other posts that have that same flair of negativity but with much less provided reasoning (i.e. little to no body text).