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And after all of that there are still red bubbles nagging you to sign up for various services and to enable features you already said no to.

I remember switching to Mac years ago to avoid this type of user-hostile crap in Windows.

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lol yes. I’ve had my iPhone for a few years now and there’s still a red bubble on settings because I never set up Face ID.

Annoying - familiar with the workaround? (disabling the badge, or you need it in case a software update ships?)

I never tried it with FaceID specifically, but all the other red bubbles I've encountered behaved the same way: You say "not now" during the initial setup, then you get a nag/reminder in the settings app. If you tap on the reminder and say "not now" or "don't use feature XYZ" or whatever again, it goes away permanently.

Huh -- you're right. I went in to FaceID setup, immediately canceled out of it, and the bubble is gone. We'll see for how long I guess.

In my experience, it lasts between indefinitely and until the next major system update. I think, that has been the default behavior for all of Apple’s „use our services“-reminders since they started showing those.

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