I trust apple to have more intelligent audit controls on their employees than the average carrier. And the calculation for the carrier is different. There's a

I trust apple to have more intelligent audit controls on their employees than the average carrier. And the calculation for the carrier is different. There's a inherent incentive on unblocking a phone for the carrier, as this means a billable contract. For Apple there's a inherent incentive in being known as having devices hard to unblock and thus, presumably less attractive for thieves.