The wording of a spec is what everyone will honor
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Now the the wording of the spec matters. Read the you can't live in the reality over here because Apple will never honor that will never honor that any other way.
Episode 97: Forever Fifteen (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:45:09 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Summary
Explaining why the iTunes block tag couldn't do platform-specific blocking, Dave says you can't live in the reality you wish existed. Apps will honor a tag exactly the way it's written, which is why Podcasting 2.0 needed a new block tag.