Warning: Admin Spam

>We’re working on a smoother process for communicating the benefits of using this, and our other plugins, in the admin area.

Adam,
I very much appreciate that you and your team are working towards a “smoother process”! And yes, this is wide spread, so much so that WP has released this change to the developer guidelines:
https://github.com/WordPress/wporg-plugin-guidelines/blob/master/guideline-11.md

Unfortunately, paid and free plugins are abusing the admin areas.

While you and your team work diligently towards a better way, perhaps you could turn off the annoying sales pitches. Admin notifications, in my understanding, are intended exclusively for issue notifications.

>My hope is that your review will be based on the functionality our plugin provides.

All of the foo plugins I have tested are worthy of a great review, but if admins have to struggle to get our work done /because/ of something your plugin is doing, then a low rating is warranted. A plugin’s functionality should be /solving/ problems, not creating others. When the abuse of the admin areas stop, I will adjust my reviews accordingly.

Thank you for taking the time to read and respond to the feedback. It’s a positive sign to see such a fast response from a team member and I look forward to the time I can earnestly recommend FooPlugins’ offerings free of the frustration, and on the value they bring.