It would make sense for a company to pay the government for the privilege of inserting themselves into the data flow. By charging an extremely low amount, they

It would make sense for a company to pay the government for the privilege of inserting themselves into the data flow. By charging an extremely low amount, they position it as something which should be paid for while removing the actual payment friction. It’s all obviously strategic lock-in. One hopes the government is smart enough to know that and account for it, but we are all understandably very cynical about the government’s ability to function reasonably.