They do have a quite strong record of abuse. It will take them another generation to shake that, at least.
You knew that when you chose that particular ecosystem. (Why else would you defend them here?)
You knew that when you chose that particular ecosystem. (Why else would you defend them here?)
They have behaved in negative ways for a long time they will need to behave differently for quite a long time before they are trusted again.
They have cleaned up many but not all of their behaviors. They are still abusing patents against smaller android distributors. If they care about their patents they would sue Google or the AOSP steering group (or whoever runs it). If they were actually with an open ecosystem they wouldn't be doing those lawsuits.
In the context of Microsoft's behavior, blaming them is not an unreasonable default stance. Though when evidence does come along to the contrary someone holding such a stance must be willing to change it or be wrong.
Most (80%) developer experiences these days are probably limited to their behavior from year ~2008 and onwards.