I do consider a lot of techno good. I wasn't saying the simpler and more driving rhythm was a bad thing, it's a big part of what I like about techno.tone-def wrote:^^
Sounds like you don't know good techno. Techno is funky, soulful and moody.
And like you say, techno can also be funky and moody. But my personal interpetation is that it's more often based on a driving beat rather than a funky beat even though that also happens.