"Were this kind of exploit
"Were this kind of exploit found in Windows or on an iPhone, the blame would be squarely on Microsoft or Apple rather than on those who created the cheat. "
This analogy is full of it. The appropriate analogy would be comparing computer reviewers to Dell/HP/Apple/(MS on the Surface Pro) paralleling EPA/Consumer Reports/Etc... to VW.
It would be as if Dell or HP had added special software that would cheat the standard benchmark programs which PC reviewers use to evaluate computers.