It's incredible when you consider what it would be worth to these companies to influence the decision one way or the other. If Facebook calculated that it would

It's incredible when you consider what it would be worth to these companies to influence the decision one way or the other. If Facebook calculated that it would cost $14 billion to convince the government/people to stop Apple from changing this default, it would probably be worth it: Facebook's revenue is about $70 billion per year, and about half is from advertising in the US. For reference, $14 billion is the total amount spent campaigning for both the congressional and presidential campaigns in the US 2020 election. Uber was able to buy their California ballot proposition for a mere $300 million in marketing costs.