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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
I suppose you're correct as it's can be the shortening of it has. (It has never been easy). I never shorten "It has" to It's. I only shorten "It is" to it's which is why I looked at it as a mistake. 
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It's never been easy is indeed, correct. It's never been easy = it has never been easy.
Edit: I didn't see the other pages so sorry if I have responded to an old post!