The story for PIC that was pitched to Sir Patrick turned out to be quite different from the scripts they eventually wrote. Sir Patrick himself has said that out of the original ideas they suggested and that he signed on for only the core basics (the Romulan refugees, for example) remained. He was present in the writers’ room a few times, he saw how the show got shaped into existence and he’s professional enough to know that original ideas often turn into something else. Some of his conditions were more important than others - I’d say the one about “no Starfleet for Picard, I don’t want to wear any uniforms anymore” got turned into “something new for Picard, please”. I mean they did get him to wear uniforms again - they even got him to wear the TNG one. It depends on how you write it - I’m sure he’d have said “nope” if they had handed him the TNG uniform and placed him in the captain’s chair. They didn’t do that though - they gave him new scenes to play and ultimately that’s all Sir Patrick wants - new scenes, new challenges. And that’s what the writers honored.