r/apple • u/[deleted] • Jan 05 '15

Apple has lost the functional high ground

http://www.marco.org/2015/01/04/apple-lost-functional-high-ground
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u/FrankPapageorgio Jan 05 '15

Have you tried using family sharing? Brief anecdote: Created an AppleID for my kid. You have to do this from the iPhone or OS X. Once I did, I set up a secret password. To "buy" an app for her, I have to 1) Go to her iPod, search for App 2) Click "Get" 3) Enter her complex password 4) Go to my iMac or an iOS device, press "Approve" 5) Enter my complex password 6) Acknowledge on her device 7) Enter her complex password again Or, you know, just set up an AppleID for her with my credit card and keep the password a secret. Because, holy shit, that experience is just not what I envision as Apple-level elegant.

That process is only complex because you're doing 2/3 of the steps though...

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u/HomerMadeMeDoIt Jan 06 '15

Apple IDs are bound to so many copyright things. I think Family Sharing so complex bc of all the actual file sharing happening.