Instead of being angry and feeling elitist, let's see this for what it is--an opportunity. WordPress is going to grow because it is free, well-known and easy to try. That creates a perfect environment for people to offer services to help these new users with their sites by selling themes, plugins and support. Like @Toni said above, many companies make quite a bit of money through this. If it wasn't for people needing WordPress products and consulting services, I'd have to find something else to do for a living.

So while some may see the "lowering of the bar" as creating a nuisance, I just see opportunity.