With the ample data we have so far it most probably will lead to dark UI patterns with dysfunctional opt-outs and/or blanket consents at most if someone takes it seriously at all.
These apps could have been removed long ago, per the guidelines.
If so, now that they are introducing this new functionality they might start looking more carefully at notification system abuse.
They seem to enforce the guidelines purely based on politics (whether the publisher has friends at Apple and how important the app is to the ecosystem).
I do wish they'd be legally bound to treat everyone the same way (EU?).
Not only that, but now Apple is probably going to be very aggressive about kicking apps off the app store if they find even a single notification in the non add stream that they, in their sole estimation, consider to be an ad.
This might be a trap feature. I could easily see it being used to allow apple a reason to get rid of you.
I’m excited for Apple to enforce this policy. Yet another example of Apple being pro user.
I welcome the change but I’ve also seen Apple be a bully.
This argument could be used for any decision that Apple makes regarding the AppStore. While I dislike some of the policy decisions being made in the AppStore, I don't see any downsides with this specific case. Developers just have to clearly label promotional notifications going forward, no harm done. Users will be much better off with more fine grained control over what kind of notifications they receive. What's the big deal here?