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I don't know a huge amount about all the others, but Murder Drones specifically is a very show-don't-tell series that rewards paying close attention and thus increased investment in the characters and what happens to them. Especially after months of following these indie productions pretty long episode release times where there's a lot of discussion in between. It's something you're either into or you're not. And I think you are being overly cynical, because I believe if you actually settled down and gave things like this a chance you'd find they're much more like what you're looking for in a show than you realize.

This may be true for other examples of indie cartoons that you're neglecting by lumping them all into the same bubble. You're being unnecessarily reductive, even if your initial criticism is sound. None of these series are perfect by any means. But Murder Drones, for example, genuinely has a great little story going on despite the flaws you may or may not end up being all right with as it's quite short in episode count, and very fast paced. But this can be alleviated with rewatches and catching details which is why people that do end up giving it a chance tend to end up liking it so much.
Either way I think you should just enjoy what you enjoy. There's always the possibility you might just be out of the intended audience range, a lot of these shows cater to the 13 - 22 year old crowd.