I couldn't imagine tying up the phone line that long. Think of the expenses.
Or borrow from a friend.
Having to source the application yourself is hardly equivalent to the app being banned from the app store...
Bundled third party applications with the OS is, and has always been, a nightmare.
http://www.oldversion.com/windows/netscape-1-0-rc-1
I couldn't imagine tying up the phone line that long. Think of the expenses.