Isn't location history tied to other, very basic features to compel people to use it? And I just accepted a software update on my Pixel phone a couple of days

Isn't location history tied to other, very basic features to compel people to use it? And I just accepted a software update on my Pixel phone a couple of days ago and found that it had reset my default apps for browsing and music playing -- what are the odds that Google will surreptitiously do the same to my location tracking consent?