My point is that a fake doesn't magically fix this issue. Both are narrow models of the underlying interface. I don't still quite understand why a mock is worse than a fake, when it comes to narrow models of the interface. If there is a method that needs to be called with a specific set up, there is no practical difference between a fake and a mock.

Again, none of this is a replacement for writing integration tests where possible. Mocks have a place in the testing realm and they are not an inherently bad tool.