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Several years ago, I stopped buying new iPads because Apple still hadn’t made it a multiuser device with user switching and profiles. That feature was introduce
by AnonHP 5y ago
Several years ago, I stopped buying new iPads because Apple still hadn’t made it a multiuser device with user switching and profiles. That feature was introduced for the education market, but it seemed to rely too much on iCloud for user data restoration and didn’t seem to be that good.
Now that the base hardware (especially RAM) is a lot better and the latest iPad is using the same processor as on the latest Macs (as of now), there is no excuse…except for Apple’s poor vision and execution of iPadOS…for keeping the iPad as a single user device.
- wffurr 5y ago>> except for Apple’s poor vision and execution of iPadOS Or seen as an opportunity to sell an iPad for every member of the household. Windows, Android, and ChromeOS tablets all have multiuser and generally compete at the price sensitive low end who are also less likely to buy multiple iPads. I wonder how many iPad buyers are put off by that lack. I certainly would appreciate it; the current options for sharing an iPad aren't great, and I'd rather have an iPad than any of those other multiuser tablets.
- dzhiurgis 5y ago> Or seen as an opportunity to sell an iPad for every member of the household. Which is messed up for company claiming to "deeply care" about technology addiction and implement downtime features on your device.
- sim_card_map 5y agoCompanies exist to make money.
- joshspankit 5y agoIt’s also a very convenient way to draw class barriers in order to maintain the brand image
- slownews45 5y agoOutside of the enterprise context more families than not want the app used by one person to be accessible to the other etc. Inside apps you do have multi-profiles - when you start netflix it prompts for the profile of the user.
- wffurr 5y agoI don't really want family members using my gmail account or my bank account access. Do people just not check email on their iPads?
- slownews45 5y agoI totally agree - we use our ipad as the entertainment device. I do not sync email on it. That said, my parents use the ipad for email and don't care about it being shared - they keep it on kitchen counter. My friends parents use one as well in that way and actually use a shared email address as well for all their email. Different generations. I do think multi-profile should show up eventually. But apple has optimized for other things first (a very personal device).
- slownews45 5y agoAhh yes, Apple's poor vision and execution - I usually can find a statement like this on HN re: Apple. You can do shared ipad through an MDM so MDM admin (which could be you) decides on root level decisions.
- headmelted 5y agoThat's disingenuous. MDM requires (at best) rolling back quite a few security protections and is far from a user-friendly solution.
- slownews45 5y agoI meant to point out that apple's vision of a very personal device to most people (locked down, photos, music etc etc) was different than the blackberry / utility model from before. This isn't poor vision, it's a different vision, and has made them a lot of money. I can't STAND the USB-C latency on recording music on the ipad, so I refuse to get (and have returned) the new ones. Other issues as well without question have driven me crazy. But can't argue with results, I'm happier with my iphone than an android and my wife likes her super old but still updated phone. And it's tiring to see the apple are idiots, apple has no vision or execution type comments, because they sell a super complex product at incredible volumes to picky users with surprising logistics and manufacturing success