It is also similar to Google warning about the patent issues with H.264 while pushing WebM and then later (through Motorola) asking for exorbitant licensing fees for H.264 patents, from Microsoft and Google. They got fined over the FRAND abuse by the courts.
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/09/06/apple-google-motorol...
Hate the game, not the players.