Actually is not that most of us hate r4! is those clone manufacturers are being irresponsible!
they are trying to ripped the consumer off without providing the service they should
example:
r4 SDHC! the last firmware update was DECEMBER! in the forum you would see a few of them actually complains their r4 SDHC can't play this or that!
the rest of the r4 (ak clone) will wait for ak's firmware update and follow suit with their own version of update
so if ak ever stop supporting their card... you will see more and more r4 clone users whine...
this makes people hate r4 and clones
By the way, do you see EDGE haters aka Cyclo clone?
Anyway, My bro and i we own the original r4! i still use r4 to do some testing and my bro use his r4 for game play!
it is still working very well as long we use yasumenu
i love my r4 better than DSTT