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Apps can hook into the Apple TV user profiles if they want, but many don't.

• moolcool 7mo ago
  As a developer myself, I respect and understand that it's not their fault that profiles are useless As a consumer, I don't care whose fault it is that profiles are useless.
• lurking_swe 7mo ago
  the developer needs to write code to detect the current profile. Most app’s don’t do this, and they explicitly ask a 2nd time. Not apple’s fault. There are some apps that get this right. Infuse recently added support for this.
  • moolcool 7mo ago
    It's not the end user's problem whose fault it is.
    • lurking_swe 7mo ago
      I agree with you. and the end user can blame Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, YouTube, etc for not delivering the best experience for their customers. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
      • nmcfarl 7mo ago
        Or they can blame Apple for delivering a developer experience to those companies that makes those companies not want to play ball. Not that they likely will, as Apple owns the framing.
    • astafrig 7mo ago
      as an end user it is my problem when trying to complain in the right place
  • iwontberude 7mo ago
    I don’t know I think Apple should be able to keep COW filesystems for every user to apply atop a read only file system. Unique apps, unique settings (maybe unify tv settings into admin panel) and no cross-contamination or need for app owners to switch profiles. macOS software doesn’t need explicit understanding of profile switching, neither should iPadOS software.