Ah AT&T, it's almost as if you're consciously trying to create ill will in the technophile community the last few weeks, be it through botched product launches, empty threats, new horrible pricing for wireless data, security gaffes and your annoying habit of never being able to say you're sorry. We'd already mentioned how AT&T was defeating the entire purpose of the Android phone OS by crippling AT&T versions of Android phones so that they couldn't run unsigned applications, then loading them with bloatware the user can't remove. AT&T's now doing much the same thing with their launch of the HTC Aria, blocking Sirius XM from working on the device, and generally locking it down in annoying fashion:Hey, thanks AT&T! Of course this, like their recent wireless data changes, have to do solely with profit and control (preventing tethering and other useful functionality, giving AT&T services priority, etc.). Apparently AT&T's so large (after all, they even work for the NSA as intelligence analysts now) -- they no longer have to worry about pesky things like consumer perception or satisfaction.