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One thing I've noticed apps doing is they will now build native looking notification request popups. When you open the app you will see a window that looks just like the iOS notification window asking if you want to show notifications, if you click yes then you get the "official" notifications window.

They do this because if you click no on the "official" window, Apple will not let the app request notifications again, but if you click no on the app's version, they can keep asking you again and again.

IMHO Apple needs to start cracking down on these shady notification UI's






No, Apple should have three options Yes, No, Never ask again. Like every other software with good UX.

I think "No" means "Never ask again" in Apple land.

But that doesn't prevent the app from having custom in-app dialogs about it. What are they supposed to do, use "AI" to censor them?


> But that doesn't prevent the app from having custom in-app dialogs about it. What are they supposed to do, use "AI" to censor them?

Can't Apple enforce it by store policy?


> Can't Apple enforce it by store policy?

Not sure. For one they're already famous for their reviews being ... random.

For two, a spammer could just give Apple an account to test with for which the custom popups don't show.




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