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This is a meta problem with a lot of account-based services. You have someone you share resources with, but not accounts. So they have a dog, they have an AirT
by bena 4y ago
This is a meta problem with a lot of account-based services. You have someone you share resources with, but not accounts.
So they have a dog, they have an AirTag on the dog, they'd both like to know about the tag, but they can't connect the tag to both accounts without making the accounts too intertwined.
Like how I can't realistically share my Amazon Prime Video account with my wife because it is also my Amazon everything else account. Which is also an issue with Alexa/Echo.
Which is kind of weird. Because this seems like a fairly simple graph. Users and service accounts are nodes and the edges describe which users have access to which service accounts.
So Apple needs a user account for her, a user account for her husband, and then an AirTag service account they can both connect to. But instead, AirTags are a part of her husband's user account.
- oakesm9 4y agoA bit off topic, but with your Amazon account you can create an "Amazon Household" and share any prime benefits you have with another adult[0]. You both still keep separate accounts wiht separate logins, but you'll both get the benefit of a single Prime account. [0] https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html%3FnodeId%3DGYLAACCNR8G3VVRM https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html%3FnodeI...
- sib 4y agoAn Amazon Household requires sharing payment method. So it's not quite a clean "keep separate accounts" solution.