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Pssst, apple collects your personal data, and like google they "don't sell it," instead they use it to build profiles on their users and then go to ad agencies and say "Ok give us money and we'll serve your ad to X demographic."
https://tosdr.org/en/service/158
Does Apple serve ads? Not that I am aware of. I suppose their podcast player supports podcasts that have dynamic ad breaks but I honestly have no idea whether Apple is the one selling that ad space or the platform hosting the podcast is.
They have services that claim to, but tbf I don't use apple products and I block ads like I'm spraying for roaches, so I'm just taking apple at their word.
Here's a screencap from the TLDR of their terms of service I posted a link to, says right here "This service may use your personal information for marketing purposes" so..