Why is Apple the worst offender? Many would put them above the rest because of their stance on privacy.<p><i>&gt; Google... stumble ethically not on purpose.</i><p>Stumbling? When they ripped off Sun, they did so with deliberately and with awareness at the highest levels. There are emails revealed during the trial that leave no doubt.<p>Also, of all the companies engaged in all the smartphone patents wars (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Smartphone_patent_wars" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Smartphone_patent_wars</a>), Google (via Motorola) was the <i>only</i> company that was actually found guilty of abusing patents: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;tech-policy&#x2F;2013&#x2F;09&#x2F;4-billion-motorola-patent-demand-was-breach-of-contract-jury-rules&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;tech-policy&#x2F;2013&#x2F;09&#x2F;4-billion-motorol...</a><p>Pretty rich coming from a company that accused everyone else of abusing patents.