I doubt that these are stealth advertisements but apple know that a vast majority of the people who buy their stuff really, REALLY want others to see that they have them. It’s some deluded prestige/ status thing that they perceive apple products gives them.

Tiktok is Chinese and Facebook is American… That’s why they are saying tiktok is bad… Facebook is probably worse by a considerable degree.

They’l buy it because if they don’t, they won’t be admitted into apple heaven.

At this point, i think the unofficial motto of the US is: Fuck you, PAY ME!