i agree with you dodgy. i think its shocking. it gives the rest of us that actually use ableton properly a bad name.
i've seen one or two djs use it properly but for every one of us that puts the effort it there's probably 5/6 that will use 2 channels and cut in and out between tracks. i really dont understand y... i mean you've got as many tracks as you want really, the only thing stopping you is the limitations placed on you by your controller.. basically its just laziness.