Ehh, this is the bed the tech press made, quite frankly.
Yes, I'm still bitter at how any attempts at a third mobile platform were brutally laughed off by the tech media, often unfairly and with undertones of glee.
Now we are in this very strange situation where Apple can rightfully claim not to be a monopoly, Google can simply ape what Apple does, and fans of either platform can tell naysayers to kick rocks if they don't like it.
Sad.