Typical disinformation you are dishing out there. While I won’t deny that they do screen apps that might supplant services provided by ATT, you would be amazed at how many apps are rejected because they are unstable, contain horrible content, or other wise would cause serious problems for users.
No its not “DISINFORMATION” AT&T controls, at least at this point what gets to the app store. And if you think they don’t review every app as to whether it is a threat to their revenue model before approving or rejecting it, you are beyond naive.