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It blows my mind that Apple has basically put no effort at all into supporting the multi user business/education market. Our company rolled out our first LOB m

by Merad 10y ago

It blows my mind that Apple has basically put no effort at all into supporting the multi user business/education market. Our company rolled out our first LOB mobile app last year. Only six devices are involved, but they're basically in use 24/7 and are handed off at shift changes. The amount of hoops we had to jump through were absurd both in terms of device management setup and adding some features to the app to make it feel more "multi user". There's supposed to be an intrinsically safe iPad Mini case available later this year (IIRC), and our manufacturing areas are salivating over the possibilities... But we might have to disappoint them, because the overhead of trying to manage hundreds of iPads would be truly insane.

2arrs2ells 10y ago
Have you been able to try the multiple user features launched in iOS 9.3? https://appadvice.com/appnn/2016/01/apples-ios-9-3-features-multi-user-support-for-ipads-in-schools https://appadvice.com/appnn/2016/01/apples-ios-9-3-features-...
- Merad 10y ago
  No, unfortunately it is only for schools. When it was announced I was really hopeful that it meant general multi user support would be in iOS 10, but...
masterleep 10y ago
It really is absurd, isn't it? Multi user iPads would be incredibly useful in the home as well.
- usrusr 10y ago
  Would it help making households buy a second iPad? Even if it is not the main reason, it sure helps keeping the priority low. But the iPad is an offshot of a phone and those are so personal (the real personal computers, just think of the place where people water-damage their phones) that it would be questionable wether spending "UI bandwidth" on user switching would be worth it even if implementation was free.
  - basseq 10y ago
    Would it help making households buy a second iPad? I'd argue yes. Multi-user profiles mean you have a set-up that's yours. You're more likely to invest in it, which means you're more likely to want to interact with it. If someone else is using the device, you can't—so you buy another one. I think that's more compelling than the argument of, "I need my own iPad so I can have my own space." Many people haven't realized they want their own space yet. The real trick would be keeping everything in the cloud and making the devices interchangeable. So I could have 3 iPads and pick up any one to login.

by Merad 10y ago

2arrs2ells 10y ago

Have you been able to try the multiple user features launched in iOS 9.3? https://appadvice.com/appnn/2016/01/apples-ios-9-3-features-multi-user-support-for-ipads-in-schools https://appadvice.com/appnn/2016/01/apples-ios-9-3-features-...

Merad 10y ago
No, unfortunately it is only for schools. When it was announced I was really hopeful that it meant general multi user support would be in iOS 10, but...

masterleep 10y ago

It really is absurd, isn't it? Multi user iPads would be incredibly useful in the home as well.

usrusr 10y ago
Would it help making households buy a second iPad? Even if it is not the main reason, it sure helps keeping the priority low. But the iPad is an offshot of a phone and those are so personal (the real personal computers, just think of the place where people water-damage their phones) that it would be questionable wether spending "UI bandwidth" on user switching would be worth it even if implementation was free.
- basseq 10y ago
  Would it help making households buy a second iPad? I'd argue yes. Multi-user profiles mean you have a set-up that's yours. You're more likely to invest in it, which means you're more likely to want to interact with it. If someone else is using the device, you can't—so you buy another one. I think that's more compelling than the argument of, "I need my own iPad so I can have my own space." Many people haven't realized they want their own space yet. The real trick would be keeping everything in the cloud and making the devices interchangeable. So I could have 3 iPads and pick up any one to login.