If a self-published article included full equipment and software to replicate their results in a multimedia fashion (basically included engineering), would that alter your snob-ness?
You're outsourcing the QC to a trusted third party.
Reading papers takes up enough time and effort as it is. I do not have the time to reproduce all of them.
I shouldn't have mentioned snobbiness; people've gotten caught up on the wrong part of the message.