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by orev 2074 days ago
The carrier contracts likely don’t give any leeway on that. They just provide the image and Apple has to show it.
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Contracts never stopped Steve Jobs from doing what he thought was right for his customers.
I know he was sad to see his TV/Movies/VOD plans fall through and eventually the 'meh' Apple TV concept was born.
They most certainly did - like having Maps go out half-baked because they couldn't get a contract for what they wanted.