I get that things should be well presented and that campaign monitor is a designer facing service, but am I the only one that uses and likes gmail's default "ne

I get that things should be well presented and that campaign monitor is a designer facing service, but am I the only one that uses and likes gmail's default "never load images" feature? I like pure text emails because pure text emails tend to actually be useful and not marketing spam. Obviously it depends a lot on your audience, but I would argue technically minded folk are smart enough to be jaded by fantastically designed marketing spam, and non-tech folk may like the pretty pictures but also would take a text-only email to be more credible/personal in that it looks as if someone actually wrote it to you! This is from a pure marketing perspective though, anyone have any numbers for either side?