[ianhawes]

You're not wrong from a technical perspective, but typically the purchaser would be a broker that re-sells these types of exploits to a state-level actor, or even to another broker. Said brokers are interested in acquiring exploits that check certain boxes for their gov buyers, and anything that checks the iOS box is always going to be a hot commodity.

Remember, at the end of the day the sale is to the government and they have big pockets and less common sense.

[pvg]

anything that checks the iOS box is always going to be a hot commodity

Shadowy brokers are buying up impractical exploits by mistake seems like an essentially unfalsifiable claim.