It might have to do with the fact that I don't skin for XP and Vista, since I don't have those operating systems. It might have to do with the fact that a bunch of people like minimal skins, and my stuff is a little more outside the box. Maybe it has to do with the fact that some people just don't like me, and I'm fine with that.
I don't upload my work to get a lot of stars or a huge download count. Those things used to matter to me, but so much has happened to me since then, in my private life and in my life here, that I realized in the big scheme of things, this little skinning hobby of mine and my uploads are pretty meaningless. I'm not trying to please anyone but myself, and I share because it feels good to share, but sharing is not forcing people who don't want what I'm sharing to take what I'm offering. WinCustomize could disappear tomorrow and nothing in my life would change -- I would still make skins for myself; I would still find a place to share them with others who might want them, and that would still make me happy. People who don't want what I'm offering don't matter to me--they're just other people with different tastes; I'm not going to waste any of the precious time I have left in my life making converts of anyone. There's too much fun to be had doing other things besides trying to sell stuff to people who don't want it.
I appreciate you, Andy, for even wondering why these things are, but to me, what REALLY matters, is here's a place on the internet where I meet you, and you meet me, and we appreciate each others work, we encourage each other, we help each other grow--why should we interrupt that sort of bliss trying to figure out people who aren't like us? Let's just keep enjoying skinning, and enjoying each other. 
