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Why do you allow your child to buy subscriptions without approval? Does "Family Sharing" with "Require Purchase Approval" not work as described?

• mthoms 4y ago
  It's (IMO) intentionally crippled because it asks for every app install. Including free ones. Which is not only annoying, since kids play a lot of games, but also creates a time delay. For example, the child is in a special education program that requires certain apps. If he tries to install one at school and I don't approve it immediately then that's a problem. There is no option to "ask for permission if it costs money" option. Which, let's be honest - is probably what most parents are looking for (and would be dead simple to implement).
  • alistairSH 4y ago
    Ah. Totally makes sense. My “kid” is nearly 30, so we never had to deal with this.
  • pnutjam 4y ago
    Not only that, but it can only be managed from another apple device. If your kid has an ipad and you don't have an iphone, ipad, or mac; you can't use the child accounts.
• garbagecoder 4y ago
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  • alistairSH 4y ago
    Pretty sure I was responding to somebody else? But, if Family Share doesn’t let you view and mange a child’s subscriptions that you’ve approved, that is awful, no disagreement there.
    • garbagecoder 4y ago
      My bad. Deleted.