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Apple kept a notification badge on my settings icon for Apple Pay until I finally went in and opted out of it. Under the guise of “Finish setting up your iPhone

by rapind 4y ago

Apple kept a notification badge on my settings icon for Apple Pay until I finally went in and opted out of it. Under the guise of “Finish setting up your iPhone”. It’s not a big deal I guess, but annoying and obviously promotional. Now I partially associate Apple with intentionally annoying.

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gnicholas 4y ago
There's also no way (that I've found) to turn off notifications if you have an Apple Card. It automatically sends you a notification the next day telling you how much you 'saved' via their cash back feature. This actually discourages me from using their card because I hate getting the notifications.
- mikestew 4y ago
  You can turn off those notifications, just probably not in the manner you would expect: https://www.imore.com/how-to-enable-or-disable-apple-card-notifications https://www.imore.com/how-to-enable-or-disable-apple-card-no... Which reminds me, I need to get with Apple Card support to find a workaround for the bug where I get notifications for my spouse’s purchases (and vice versa) despite having toggled the switch enough times to have worn a dull spot on the screen. Thankfully we are a couple who don’t really care about the purchases, per se, it is just fucking annoying.
  - gnicholas 4y ago
    Ah very cool, thanks! But it looks like this turns off notifications for 'Transactions'. Does that disable the next-day notification to tell you that you saved 57¢ yesterday?
    - mikestew 4y ago
      No, that is in the Apple Cash card settings, similar to where it is for Apple Card. Wallet/Apple Cash/three dots/Notifications.
      - gnicholas 4y ago
        Oh wow...amazing. Never would have thought to look in the Apple Cash card settings, since that's merely the place the Apple Card reward cash are deposited.
deergomoo 4y ago
Apple’s big push into services has been slowly but surely chipping away at the generally pleasant experience of using their platforms. The price of entry was always high, but once you were through the door you were never really upsold. Not so anymore. Numerous nags in settings to buy AppleCare or start a trial of some service or other. The App Store is particularly egregious: as well as search ads there are now occasional modal prompts to enable marketing notifications with my most hated dark pattern of all—only offering “yes” or “not now” as options.
- gopher_space 4y ago
  The entire point of Apple, in my mind, has been their focus on user experience. It's weird seeing them lose their way every now and then. I wonder what's going on internally because no sane designer would sign off on some of these ideas. The App Store on my iphone is only useful for installing apps I've searched for externally. Browsing categories is buried as a search suggestion?

by rapind 4y ago

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gnicholas 4y ago

There's also no way (that I've found) to turn off notifications if you have an Apple Card. It automatically sends you a notification the next day telling you how much you 'saved' via their cash back feature. This actually discourages me from using their card because I hate getting the notifications.

mikestew 4y ago
You can turn off those notifications, just probably not in the manner you would expect: https://www.imore.com/how-to-enable-or-disable-apple-card-notifications https://www.imore.com/how-to-enable-or-disable-apple-card-no... Which reminds me, I need to get with Apple Card support to find a workaround for the bug where I get notifications for my spouse’s purchases (and vice versa) despite having toggled the switch enough times to have worn a dull spot on the screen. Thankfully we are a couple who don’t really care about the purchases, per se, it is just fucking annoying.
- gnicholas 4y ago
  Ah very cool, thanks! But it looks like this turns off notifications for 'Transactions'. Does that disable the next-day notification to tell you that you saved 57¢ yesterday?
  - mikestew 4y ago
    No, that is in the Apple Cash card settings, similar to where it is for Apple Card. Wallet/Apple Cash/three dots/Notifications.
    - gnicholas 4y ago
      Oh wow...amazing. Never would have thought to look in the Apple Cash card settings, since that's merely the place the Apple Card reward cash are deposited.

deergomoo 4y ago

Apple’s big push into services has been slowly but surely chipping away at the generally pleasant experience of using their platforms. The price of entry was always high, but once you were through the door you were never really upsold. Not so anymore. Numerous nags in settings to buy AppleCare or start a trial of some service or other. The App Store is particularly egregious: as well as search ads there are now occasional modal prompts to enable marketing notifications with my most hated dark pattern of all—only offering “yes” or “not now” as options.

gopher_space 4y ago
The entire point of Apple, in my mind, has been their focus on user experience. It's weird seeing them lose their way every now and then. I wonder what's going on internally because no sane designer would sign off on some of these ideas. The App Store on my iphone is only useful for installing apps I've searched for externally. Browsing categories is buried as a search suggestion?