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> but I know that choosing non-GPL licenses when available was one of the guiding principals

Sure, but in this case Apple has chosen, for 20 years, to not go with GPLv3 when there was no alternative.

You could also say the same of the Linux kernel too. After all, they have chosen, for 20 years, to not go with GPLv3…

Which is a fair choice, since so much of Linux development and driver development is driven by commercial interests - there would very likely be a fork from the last GPLv2 commit which all the vendors would switch to...

It's different. You are talking about the Linux kernel changing their licence to GPLv3. We were talking about macOS shipping a GPLv3 program.

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