I can see why there is a stigma over netdecking, and if you feel that it cheapens your experience, certainly, you're allowed to not do it. I know I had that opinion when I played MtG (full disclosure, I never really played competitively the way I do Netrunner, but, I felt that the majority of the experience--for me--came from building my own decks).

To the newer players: Netrunner takes place, largely, on the table, I could beat a worse player than me using a substantially 'worse' deck, take that with whatever grain of salt that you will. I didn't feel that was the case with MtG--sometimes, you make ZERO mistakes and the better deck just wins. In Netrunner, I think playing the "I would have won if..." game is for sourpusses, but, I can ALWAYS see places where I probably gave up too much ground. There are bad plays I can look to and learn from.

Because of the (IMO) significantly higher skill cap of Netrunner, it can be overwhelming to improve your skills while simultaneously deckbuilding. Was it the player that was fundementally at fault? Or the deck? Removing one of those variables from the equation helps you improve, which in turn helps you become a better deckbuilder.

If you look at my tournament decks, they are not wildly disparate from what you might call "netdecking". But the big difference is that when you participate in a discussion, even if you didn't pioneer the skeletal structure of your deck, its not just lifting from the internet. There are whole threads over on Stimhack about both the decks I play, and we're all collaborating and sharing knowledge, both those decks have a general "patron" but even those decks spawned from the community, even if they figured out how to get the ID to tier 1.

I personally find it insulting when people presume that "time" is the limiting factor for their life choices. I'm a writer and when people say they wish they had the time to write, that A) degrades what I do and B) is a cop out for that person. You find the time for the things you love. Not loving Netrunner is not a crime. But to assume your life is richer than mine because you play less Netrunner is a crappy way to go through life. Netdecking isn't a shortcut to save time. You will never win a tournament without putting in the time, everything worth doing in life takes practice.

What the payoff is, is that you will never truly netdeck again, except maybe to learn how it works. All netdecking is is a starting point when you want to learn a new ID.