I'm guessing it's not the "google fanboys" who hate this sentiment, so much as it is the people who expect to be able to use email instead of sacrificing chickens to the sysadmin/net-abuse gods.
Legitimate email providers take measures to ensure their customers aren't spammers and those who don't end up on the spammer lists and this is exactly the way it should be.
Until Google takes a stand against the spammers who use their systems, they should be on the list just like all the others.
tx pg