I can't agree with your comment. apple has all the incentives to monetize your data, that's the whole value of Google and Meta. And they are already heading into ad-business earning billions last I've checked. Hardware ain't selling as much as before, this isn't going to change for the better in foreseeable future.
The logic is exactly same as ie Meta claims - we will pseudoanonymize your data, so technically your specific privacy is just yours, see nothing changed. But you are in various target groups for ads, plus we know how 'good' those anon efforts are when money are at play and corporations are only there to earn as much money as possible. Rest is PR.
I'll disagree with your disagreement - in part at least. Apple is still bigger than Meta or Google. Even if they had a strong channel to serve ads or otherwise monetize data, the return would represent pennies on the dollar.
And Apple's privacy stance is a moat against these other companies making money off of their customer base. So for the cost of pennies on the dollar, they protect their customer base and ward off competition. That's a pretty strong incentive.
The logic is exactly same as ie Meta claims - we will pseudoanonymize your data, so technically your specific privacy is just yours, see nothing changed. But you are in various target groups for ads, plus we know how 'good' those anon efforts are when money are at play and corporations are only there to earn as much money as possible. Rest is PR.