There's no "crawling back like a dog". If Apple had seen a serious hit after leaving and quickly came back, that would be crawling back, but this was 2 years ago. Nothing in this article suggests it either. This is a maga title.
They just started posting a few now, nothing big and nothing says they won't remove them in the future. My guess is right now they are trying not to piss off the dictatorship.
Hmm I wonder if they're afraid of Musk telling Trump to go after them if they don't. Bending the knee to Trump I can see why, bending to Musk is a little different.