> What is to stop them from stalling on giving acess for the latest model to the company they don't like?

Congress, if any of those creatures were vertebrates.

For the next few months, though? Nothing will. Those in the in-crowd will line each others' pockets at the expense of the rest of us. I will say that the recent election results and the building bipartisan angst over data centers and surveillance (e.g. Flock) are encouraging.