iPhone Users Upset About Apple Promoting F1 Movie With Wallet App Notification

Apple contiguous sent retired an advertisement to immoderate iPhone users successful the signifier of a Wallet app propulsion notification, and not everyone is blessed astir it.


An chartless fig of iPhone users successful the U.S. contiguous received the propulsion notification, which promotes a limited-time Apple Pay discount that movie summons institution Fandango is offering connected a brace of tickets to Apple's caller movie "F1: The Movie."

Some of the iPhone users who received the propulsion notification person complained astir it crossed the MacRumors Forums, Reddit, X, and different online treatment platforms.

"As acold arsenic I tin tell, Apple is present conscionable sending maine ads to my surface present arsenic propulsion notifications, thing I hatred with an implicit passionateness and disable crossed the committee successful each app that tries this," said 1 idiosyncratic who received the notification.

Some radical are particularly upset astir receiving a propulsion notification advertisement done the Wallet app due to the fact that it is simply a precise important app for idiosyncratic finances, truthful simply turning disconnected notifications for the full app is not a feasible solution.

Worse, Apple seems to beryllium ignoring the guidelines that use to App Store apps. The institution says propulsion notifications should not beryllium utilized for promotions oregon nonstop selling purposes unless users person explicitly opted successful to person them for said purposes.

The afloat substance of Apple's guideline:Push Notifications should not beryllium utilized for promotions oregon nonstop selling purposes unless customers person explicitly opted successful to person them via consent connection displayed successful your app's UI, and you supply a method successful your app for a idiosyncratic to opt retired from receiving specified messages.Apple did not instantly respond to our petition for comment.

Apple has been heavy promoting F1: The Movie, which debuts successful theaters connected June 25 successful Europe and connected June 27 successful the U.S. and Canada. However, the institution whitethorn person gone a measurement excessively acold present based connected online absorption from immoderate iPhone users.

One metallic lining is that the iOS 26 beta adds an "Offers & Promotions" toggle to the Wallet app, allowing users to opt successful oregon retired of receiving peculiar offers and discounts disposable from Apple and its unspecified partners. However, Apple sent retired to the propulsion notification advertisement to iPhone users connected iOS 18 too, and those users seemingly did not explicitly opt successful to person specified an ad. For that reason, immoderate radical are disappointed successful Apple.
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