That's true, they're now worse.
They are now a patent troll both directly (with the money they are demanding, and getting, from Android manufacturers) and indirectly (see link to bloomberg below) and engage heavily in astroturfing (which this article smells of... also see the readwrite link below) and attack ads (scroogle, droid rage, everything Mark Penn). On top of that it looks enough like they are closing their platform that Valve has jumped ship to hedge against MS forcing them through the MS app store where they can take a cut.
charlesray|12 years ago
dexterchief|12 years ago
Who wouldn't want to be a part of all that?
http://readwrite.com/2013/01/03/googles-ftc-settlement-is-an...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-11/patent-privateers-s...