Just like swords, I bet Mojang is going to allow servers to change the styles of these nerfed items. In 1.9, swords are slow hitting, but, Mojang made an announcement that servers can change this so it could be regular speed whilst in 1.9. I believe same will go for the God Apples and the golden apples.
Also, I disagree on the removal of God apples because it makes the end game more fun. When both teams have God apples, it becomes an awesome fight unless the team is camping. The best thing you can do when someone is camping is to do a sneaky maneuver. I've made my way past campers and broke their egg when they had a God apple, you can do it too. So, -1