Gruber consistently sides with Apple. He is, in essence, a fanboy. There are exceptions, and he's not a moron, so when there's community uproar and obvious stupidity he will say so. But his reporting is heavily pro-apple overall.
The thing I really hate is as an obviously intelligent guy with the influence to prompt a reply from an Apple exec his response is so... pathetic. That was not an encouraging and appropriate response from Apple, it was bullshit.