Firstly, I didn't mention FL Studio at all. Why do you attribute a notion to me without any sign of me thinking so?
Secondly, there's a clear distinction between taking cues and reusing a harmony or a melody from another source. People have always done it and will do it more than ever, if they have the right tools.
Of course, it only matters if we still think about music as more of an art form than a production of non-material goods. Hope we still do.
I didn't attribute it to you, but your comment was analoguous to this common criticism of some popular artists today, and reminded me of them.
Similar ways of diminishing other people's work are used everywhere, but are typically a result of being more or less elitist. "Not a real X if you didn't do it in way Y or use tool Z."
For some, the process is more important than the outcome (or just as), but I think it's wrong to impose such opinions on everybody else. Just my opinion, of course.
Secondly, there's a clear distinction between taking cues and reusing a harmony or a melody from another source. People have always done it and will do it more than ever, if they have the right tools.
Of course, it only matters if we still think about music as more of an art form than a production of non-material goods. Hope we still do.