Nope, Apple has actually taken a pretty strong stance against such practices, but being in the ad business meant there has been pressure on Apple to do just tha

Nope, Apple has actually taken a pretty strong stance against such practices, but being in the ad business meant there has been pressure on Apple to do just that (after all, more personalised ads perform better, and Apple has all the means to provide advertisers the data they need to offer them). Now that they have left the advertising business, that pressure is hopefully also gone.