The problem I see with techno, although this may just be the general state of most music in this climate is that the mainstream and commercial (of each genre) has fully entered the audience conciousness, via the ridiculous over marketing machine and profit drive we are subjected to, and therefore people as a rule are far less willing to take risks.
this has caused musical vanilla to spread further than ever, but it`s present in product design, fashion and most of the arts really these days.

I cherish my influences, and there is nothing wrong with that at all, but at the same time try to do what I can to not sound like them.

What would be nice is a newfound rebellion. A new Punk or Industrial movement, as it were, though only in ideology, not output.