It does, governments can pass laws, big businesses can't. They may buy politicians to pass the laws for them but in the end they can't pass the laws themselves.

Big businesses can pass terms of service, which are functionally identical.

This is ridiculous. I'm not worried about businesses telling me who I can marry, where I can live, or what jobs I can have.

You really should be. Quite a few of the larger companies have been caught conspiring to manipulate wages and workplace mobility for their own gain, in ways that not only hurt every work seeking person in the affected area, but where also flat out illegal.

Then lets not ignore the fact that most countries had to make laws specifically to protect working parents. There are most likely entire warehouses filled with court cases over a business owner realizing that statistically hiring a non married replacement for the recently married employee will be better.

They wont do it out of racism, they wont do it out of religious fervor. However they will do whatever they can to make more money.

You should rwad more science fiction. From the 1960s to 80s-90s, maybe not so much nowadays. Probably because it isn't all that "far out there" any more.

They absolutely would if it made them money.

Which doesn't happen without what large organized body of people to approve or condone it?

All they have to do is convince everyone to do what their phone says, they've already done that with video.

> big business (what an archaic expression!)

Huh?!? It's perfectly ordinary and contemporary English.