A lot depends on how much people investigate a product. I never make a decision based on one reviewers writings, and I hope the rest of the world would too. If one person says it sucks and everyone else says it's great, I assume the one guy just has an axe to grind, rather than the product being at fault.
And things do improve-I have a G1, so I can vouch for that. If I was running the original FW on my phone, I'd have a negative review of it.