I like the Apocalypse retcons. They make the character less unique and more of a holder of a symbol.
I think it's unfortunate it was done in Uncanny avengers right around the time of AXIS and the Magneto family undoing retcon, this adds to the sense it was a way to detach Apocalypse from X-lore
But it's a cool idea, and the Uncanny X Force version works, as did the more modern Age of Apocalypse (2012 or so) which is such a super dark and gritty read btw, but with amazing art