I wouldn't read into it too much, this is what some of the best paid lawyers in the world cooked up to protect their client and par for the course
Whether they are the "best paid lawyers" or not, if I was Apple I would let the marketing department keep an eye on these public statements.
I'm not sure the marketing department cares. Apple has literally said their customers had lied about the butterfly keyboard issue for years, when they did the lying.
They cannot be damaged, they have a populist demagogue-like effect.
Don't hate the player hate the game - law systems are so backwards sometimes, you can score a home run being lame
Can you imagine if everyone abused the system?
Good thing we frown upon that unless you are a trillion dollar corp.