[Discussion] Why is Android communities getting so toxic?

I got my first smartphone in 2011 - Galaxy Nexus. I chose Android over iOS because I had weighed the pros n cons of both platforms and liked the Android's customizability and helpful community. iOS users came off as smug and snooty. I didn't want to be part of that. I never hated iOS though. I did buy an iPad 4 the next year and almost never needed any help from the "we are better than others" community. In contrast, Android community has always been open and welcoming. Almost all community members reveled in Android's power and also criticized its shortcomings. If Google did something wrong, they used to get called out. If an phone OEM or accessory OEM screwed up, they got called out. People appreciated that everyone has a different opinion and that lead to healthy discourse.

All that seem to be a thing of the past now. Looks like Android community is now aping Apple community in thinking that they are better than others and "Google can do nothing wrong". Be it /r/android or any other related sub or any related community on G+ or YouTube video - if you share your unpopular opinion, you get villified. Even remotely criticize Google and worshippers will roast you alive. Unless you are shitting on Allo. Call out Google on exhorbitantly pricing Pixel phones and you get "you poor people" tag. It's not just limited to Google. Report a bug in a popular app in their G+ community (say, Nova launcher, Substratum themes etc) and fans rain hell on you for "using the app wrong" or "whining without submitting logcat" or "using the app on beta OS". Request a feature and meet with "make your own app then". Hell, there are blog fans. Android Police has garnered passionate bunch of fans. Artem is overall a smug person (AP's success has gone to his head, I guess) and openly attacks anyone even remotly saying anything negative about AP. The other day, he had replied to someone with an ascii art of a person spreading his a-hole. Imagine that... Founder of the best Android blog acting like a 5 year old. And people "LoL"ing and cheering him on. Just today I saw the mod of a Pixel G+ community threatening to attack a commentator if he dared defend another user who was being harassed.

What is going on?? How did we come to this?